--- title: "Grandad hit his thumb with the hammer and turned the air blue." Wha… — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics description: "Grandad hit his thumb with the hammer and turned the air blue." What happened next? 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What happened next? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Grandad · **What happens:** hit, turn, happen · **To what, where:** thumb, air This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Grandad hit his thumb with the hammer and turned the air blue." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t3:1 # text = "Grandad hit his thumb with the hammer and turned the air blue." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 thumb thumb NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** *in a quote* | past | Grandad | Grandad's thumb | | | | with the hammer | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent thumb=Patient with hammer=Instrument | | 2 | **turn** *in a quote* | past | Grandad *not said here* | the air | | | | blue *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent air=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 happened next? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t3:2 # text = What happened next? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 next next ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | next *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He painted the room ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t3:o1:1 # text = He painted the room 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 painted paint 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 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | past | He | the room | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent room=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} He had a nosebleed ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t3:o2:1 # text = He had a nosebleed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have 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 nosebleed nosebleed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | He | a nosebleed | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nosebleed=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He swore a lot ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t3:o3:1 # 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 | ### Option 4 {#o4} He went cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t3:o4:1 # text = He went cold 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | He | | | | | cold *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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