--- title: "dang it, i dropped my phone, no wait, it's fine." What is "dang" he… — Soft words for hard things: stupidity… · tree and pragmatics description: "dang it, i dropped my phone, no wait, it's fine." What is "dang" here? 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What is "dang" here? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, i · **What happens:** dang, drop, be · **To what, where:** it, phone This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 37 «Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rudeness and swearing» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "dang it, i dropped my phone, no wait, it's fine." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t8:1 # text = "dang it, i dropped my phone, no wait, it's fine." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 dang dang VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 wait wait NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dang** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **drop** *in a quote* | past | i | my phone and no wait | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. *Sentence 2:* What is "dang" here? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t8:2 # text = What is "dang" here? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 dang dang ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | here | | dang *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A mild curse word instead of "damn" ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t8:o1:1 # text = A mild curse word instead of "damn" 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 instead instead ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 damn damn NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A name for the speaker's dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t8:o2:1 # text = A name for the speaker's dog 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A word for a phone ringing ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t8:o3:1 # text = A word for a phone ringing 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 ringing ringing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A sound a phone makes when it breaks ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t8:o4:1 # text = A sound a phone makes when it breaks 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 breaks break VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | a sound | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 2 | **break** | present | phone | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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