--- title: Odd one out in a school report: "sociable", "strong personality", "e… — Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: Odd one out in a school report: "sociable", "strong personality", "enthusiastic contributor", "always hands in neat homework". Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ Odd one out in a school report: "sociable", "strong personality", "enthusiastic contributor", "always hands in neat homework". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t8:1 # text = Odd one out in a school report: "sociable", "strong personality", "enthusiastic contributor", "always hands in neat homework". 1 Odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 sociable sociable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 personality personality NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 enthusiastic enthusiastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 contributor contributor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 25 advmod _ _ 25 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 appos _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 neat neat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} "Enthusiastic contributor": calm and waits to be asked ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t8:o1:1 # text = "Enthusiastic contributor": calm and waits to be asked 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Enthusiastic enthusiastic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 contributor contributor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 6 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 waits wait VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | present | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V» | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} "Always hands in neat homework": plain praise ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t8:o2:1 # text = "Always hands in neat homework": plain praise 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Always Always PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hands hand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 neat neat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hand** *in a quote* | present | Always | | | neat homework | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} "Strong personality": real praise ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t8:o3:1 # text = "Strong personality": real praise 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 personality personality NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 praise praise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} "Sociable": it means quiet and shy ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t8:o4:1 # text = "Sociable": it means quiet and shy 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sociable sociable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Sociable | | | | | quiet *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | **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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