--- title: Newspaper: "The manager's post-match comments cannot be printed in a… — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics description: Newspaper: "The manager's post-match comments cannot be printed in a family newspaper." What does this suggest? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 39 «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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/t1/) [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: rudeness a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/39-pardon-my-french/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing Newspaper: "The manager's post-match comments cannot be printed in a family newspaper." What does this suggest? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Newspaper, manager, this · **What happens:** not print, comment, suggest · **To what, where:** post-match comments, family newspaper This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 39 «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/39-pardon-my-french/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Newspaper: "The manager's post-match comments cannot be printed in a family newspaper." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t1:1 # text = Newspaper: "The manager's post-match comments cannot be printed in a family newspaper." 1 Newspaper newspaper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 manager manager NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 post-match post-match NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 comments comment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 newspaper newspaper NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **print** *in a quote* | can · passive | Newspaper *not said here* | the manager's post-match comments | | a family newspaper | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in newspaper=Destination | | 2 | **comment** *in a quote* | | the manager | | | | | | nom comment «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 does this suggest? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t1:2 # text = What does this suggest? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 4 suggest suggest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present · do-support | this | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He spoke French ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t1:o1:1 # text = He spoke French 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 French French PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | He | French | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He praised the players ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t1:o2:1 # text = He praised the players 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 praised praise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 players player NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **praise** | past | He | the players | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent player=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He said nothing at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t1:o3:1 # text = He said nothing at all 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | nothing | | all | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He swore a lot ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t1:o4:1 # text = He swore a lot 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | past | He | a lot | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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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