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title: "omg sugar sugar SUGAR i've locked the keys in the car" Is she talki… — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics
description: "omg sugar sugar SUGAR i've locked the keys in the car" Is she talking about food? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 38 «Soft words for hard things: 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 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing

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"omg sugar sugar SUGAR i've locked the keys in the car" Is she talking about food?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** lock, talk · **To what, where:** sugar SUGAR, car · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 38 «Soft words for hard things: 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/38-drat-and-the-f-word/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:38-drat-and-the-f-word:t2:1
# text = "omg sugar sugar SUGAR i've locked the keys in the car" Is she talking about food?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	omg	omg	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
3	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	SUGAR	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	parataxis	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
15	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive |  | sugar SUGAR |  | the car |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient key=Result |
| 2 | **talk** | present · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | about food | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, it is a soft swear because she is upset

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:38-drat-and-the-f-word:t2:o1:1
# text = No, it is a soft swear because she is upset
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	swear	swear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a soft swear |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | she | a soft swear *not said here* |  |  |  | upset *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, the keys are hidden in the sugar bowl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:38-drat-and-the-f-word:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, the keys are hidden in the sugar bowl
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present · passive |  | the keys |  | the sugar bowl |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in bowl=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, she means she is very happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:38-drat-and-the-f-word:t2:o3:1
# text = No, she means she is very happy
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | she |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, she wants some sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:38-drat-and-the-f-word:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, she wants some sugar
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | she | some sugar |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sugar=Theme |

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