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description: Gran says "Don't sit in the garden all day, you'll get a touch of the sun." What is she warning about? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 5 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 10 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body

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Gran says "Don't sit in the garden all day, you'll get a touch of the sun." What is she warning about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gran, you · **What happens:** say, not sit, get, warn, touch · **To what, where:** garden, touch, sun. · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 5 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» 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/5-drink-mind-and-body/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t10:1
# text = Gran says "Don't sit in the garden all day, you'll get a touch of the sun." What is she warning about?
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	sit	sit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	touch	touch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	_
22	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	25	obj	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
24	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	warning	warn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	acl	_	_
26	about	about	ADP	IN	_	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **sit** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support |  |  |  | the garden | day |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in garden=Location |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | future | you | a touch of the sun. |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer touch=Stimulus |
| 4 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present · progressive | Gran | the sun. |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
| 5 | **touch** *in a quote* |  |  | the sun. |  |  |  |  | nom touch «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Mild sunstroke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t10:o1:1
# text = Mild sunstroke
1	Mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sunstroke	sunstroke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Getting too cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t10:o2:1
# text = Getting too cold
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Being touched by a bee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t10:o3:1
# text = Being touched by a bee
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **touch** | gerund · passive | a bee |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A nice suntan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t10:o4:1
# text = A nice suntan
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	suntan	suntan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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