--- title: Which of these is NOT about being stupid or mad? — Soft words for hard things: stupidity… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of these is NOT about being stupid or mad? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 37 «Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rudeness and swearing» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: stupidity…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/37-bats-and-gosh/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rude… Which of these is NOT about being stupid or mad? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** not be, be This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t9:1 # text = Which of these is NOT about being stupid or mad? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 1 nmod _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 NOT not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 8 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | | | | | | stupid *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | | | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Two bricks shy of a load ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t9:o1:1 # text = Two bricks shy of a load 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 bricks brick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 compound _ _ 3 shy shy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 load load NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The elevator doesn't go to the top ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t9:o2:1 # text = The elevator doesn't go to the top 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 elevator elevator NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | present · do-support | the elevator | | | the top | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to top=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Jeepers ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t9:o3:1 # text = Jeepers 1 Jeepers jeeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} One card short of a full deck ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:t9:o4:1 # text = One card short of a full deck 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 card card NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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