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What should a parent expect? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Warning, parent · **What happens:** contain, expect · **To what, where:** strong language, start This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* TV guide: "Warning: contains strong language from the start." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t2:1 # text = TV guide: "Warning: contains strong language from the start." 1 TV TV NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Warning warning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 7 contains contain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **contain** *in a quote* | present | Warning *not said here* | strong language | | the start | | | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot language=Theme | 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 should a parent expect? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t2:2 # text = What should a parent expect? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expect** | should | a parent | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Swearing ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t2:o1:1 # text = Swearing 1 Swearing swear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | gerund | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Long words ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t2:o2:1 # text = Long words 1 Long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A foreign language ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t2:o3:1 # text = A foreign language 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 foreign foreign ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Shouting matches only ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t2:o4:1 # text = Shouting matches only 1 Shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 matches match NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | | matches | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Topic | **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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