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title: Gossip: "His new boss is not exactly a people person — she shouted a… — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gossip: "His new boss is not exactly a people person — she shouted at the cleaner." What is she like? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «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 
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing

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Gossip: "His new boss is not exactly a people person — she shouted at the cleaner." What is she like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gossip, person · **What happens:** not be, shout, be · **To what, where:** people person, cleaner

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «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/40-with-all-due-respect/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gossip: "His new boss is not exactly a people person — she shouted at the cleaner."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t11:1
# text = Gossip: "His new boss is not exactly a people person — she shouted at the cleaner."
1	Gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
9	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	compound	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Gossip | a people person |  |  |  | exactly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | person | a people person *not said here* |  | the cleaner |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is she like?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t11:2
# text = What is she like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | person |  |  |  |  | like *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Good at making friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t11:o1:1
# text = Good at making friends
1	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Very kind and warm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t11:o2:1
# text = Very kind and warm
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Very shy and quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t11:o3:1
# text = Very shy and quiet
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Unfriendly and rude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t11:o4:1
# text = Unfriendly and rude
1	Unfriendly	unfriendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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