--- title: "he dropped like 3 f-bombs in one sentence lol" What did he do? — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics description: "he dropped like 3 f-bombs in one sentence lol" What did he do? Test 6 · ★★ 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 of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing "he dropped like 3 f-bombs in one sentence lol" What did he do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** drop, do · **To what, where:** one sentence lol This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t6:1 # text = "he dropped like 3 f-bombs in one sentence lol" What did he do? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 6 f f NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 bombs bomb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 11 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 lol lol NOUN NN _ 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 14 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 obj _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** *in a quote* | past | he | | | one sentence lol | | like 3 f bombs | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in lol=Trajectory | | 2 | **do** | past · do-support | he | one sentence lol | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} He scored three goals ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t6:o1:1 # text = He scored three goals 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 scored score VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 goals goal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **score** | past | He | three goals | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He threw three water bombs ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t6:o2:1 # text = He threw three water bombs 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bombs bomb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | past | He | three water bombs | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bomb=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He fell over three times ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t6:o3:1 # text = He fell over three times 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall over** | past | He | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He said the f-word three times ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:t6:o4:1 # text = He said the f-word three times 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 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 f f NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He | the f word | | | time | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=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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