--- title: Gran on the phone: "Just had a funny turn, love, nothing to worry ab… — Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: Gran on the phone: "Just had a funny turn, love, nothing to worry about, don't tell your mum." What should you do? Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/t3/) [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: reading between the lines ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★ Gran on the phone: "Just had a funny turn, love, nothing to worry about, don't tell your mum." What should you do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gran, you · **What happens:** have, worry, not tell, do · **To what, where:** funny turn, mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★» 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/42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gran on the phone: "Just had a funny turn, love, nothing to worry about, don't tell your mum." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t3:1 # text = Gran on the phone: "Just had a funny turn, love, nothing to worry about, don't tell your mum." 1 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Just Just PROPN NNP _ 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 11 conj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 worry worry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl _ _ 18 about about ADP IN _ 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 21 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Gran on the phone | a funny turn and love | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Patient | | 2 | **worry** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Gran on the phone *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | | your mum | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=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:* What should you do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t3:2 # text = What should you do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | you | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Tell an adult straight away: a funny turn can be serious ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t3:o1:1 # text = Tell an adult straight away: a funny turn can be serious 1 Tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 straight straight ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | away *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | can | a funny turn | | | | | serious *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Keep it secret, as Gran asked you to ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t3:o2:1 # text = Keep it secret, as Gran asked you to 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 secret secret ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 iobj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | secret *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Gran | | you | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Laugh: it was just a joke ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t3:o3:1 # text = Laugh: it was just a joke 1 Laugh laugh VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 joke joke NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | a joke | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Wait until next week ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t3:o4:1 # text = Wait until next week 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 2 until until ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | week | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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