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title: "Mam's tamping (well cross): my report says I'm a work in progress a… — Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: "Mam's tamping (well cross): my report says I'm a work in progress and not working to my full potential." Why is Mam cross? Test 8 · ★★★ 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 a
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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★

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"Mam's tamping (well cross): my report says I'm a work in progress and not working to my full potential." Why is Mam cross?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tamping, I, my · **What happens:** say, be, not work, report · **To what, where:** work, progress, Mam cross · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Mam's tamping (well cross): my report says I'm a work in progress and not working to my full potential."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t8:1
# text = "Mam's tamping (well cross): my report says I'm a work in progress and not working to my full potential."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mam	Mam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	well	well	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
7	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	progress	progress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
24	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	potential	potential	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Mam's tamping |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | a work |  | progress |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **work** *in a quote* | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to my full potential | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **report** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Why is Mam cross?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t8:2
# text = Why is Mam cross?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	Mam	Mam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 a** | present |  | Mam cross |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It says he has lost all his books

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t8:o1:1
# text = It says he has lost all his books
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lose** | present · perfect | he | his books |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It says he must move school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t8:o2:1
# text = It says he must move school
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **move** | must | he | school |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent school=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Not good yet, and lazy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t8:o3:1
# text = Not good yet, and lazy
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It says he is brilliant at everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:42-olympiad-reading-between-the-lines:t8:o4:1
# text = It says he is brilliant at everything
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  | everything |  | brilliant *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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