--- title: Office email: "As previously mentioned (twice), the report is due Fr… — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics description: Office email: "As previously mentioned (twice), the report is due Friday." How does the writer feel? 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How does the writer feel? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Office email, writer · **What happens:** mention, be, feel · **To what, where:** Office email, due Friday This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Office email: "As previously mentioned (twice), the report is due Friday." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t2:1 # text = Office email: "As previously mentioned (twice), the report is due Friday." 1 Office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 email email NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 As as ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 previously previously ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Friday Friday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mention** *speech: other* *in a quote* | participle | | Office email and the report *not said here* | | | | previously, twice *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Office email and the report | due Friday | | | | | tree rules | 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:* How does the writer feel? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t2:2 # text = How does the writer feel? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 writer writer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 feel feel 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 | **feel** | present · do-support | the writer | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Sorry for being late ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t2:o1:1 # text = Sorry for being late 1 Sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 for for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Unsure of the date ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t2:o2:1 # text = Unsure of the date 1 Unsure unsure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 date date NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Happy to remind you again, as a friendly help ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t2:o3:1 # text = Happy to remind you again, as a friendly help 1 Happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 remind remind VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 again again ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remind** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | you | | again | as a friendly help | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Annoyed at having to repeat it ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t2:o4:1 # text = Annoyed at having to repeat it 1 Annoyed annoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 at at SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 repeat repeat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **annoy** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **repeat** | to-infinitive | | it | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | **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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