--- title: Mum: "I've asked you a hundred times! Your 2 mates are no Einsteins,… — Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: Mum: "I've asked you a hundred times! Your 2 mates are no Einsteins, they left 3 cups on the floor." How many cups must be picked up? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t10/) [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/) / [Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ Mum: "I've asked you a hundred times! Your 2 mates are no Einsteins, they left 3 cups on the floor." How many cups must be picked up? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, 2 mates, mates · **What happens:** ask, be, leave, pick up · **To what, where:** you, Einsteins, 3 cups, floor, many cups This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★» 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/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Mum: "I've asked you a hundred times! ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t10:1 # text = Mum: "I've asked you a hundred times! 1 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 've have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 appos _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | | you | | time | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | 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:* Your 2 mates are no Einsteins, they left 3 cups on the floor." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t10:2 # text = Your 2 mates are no Einsteins, they left 3 cups on the floor." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 mates mate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 Einsteins einstein NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 cups cup NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Your 2 mates | no Einsteins | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **leave** | past | mates *= mate* | 3 cups | | the floor | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cup=Theme on floor=Location | *Sentence 3:* How many cups must be picked up? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t10:3 # text = How many cups must be picked up? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cups cup NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 picked pick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick up** | must · passive | | many cups | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 103 ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t10:o1:1 # text = 103 1 103 103 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 100 ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t10:o2:1 # text = 100 1 100 100 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 3 ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t10:o3:1 # text = 3 1 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 2 ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t10:o4:1 # text = 2 1 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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