--- title: A friend whispers "Ollie's got BO, no one wants to sit next to him."… — Soft words for hard things: illness, d… · tree and pragmatics description: A friend whispers "Ollie's got BO, no one wants to sit next to him." What is the problem? Test 6 · ★ 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 of each optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/t6/) [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/) / [Soft words for hard things: illness, d…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body A friend whispers "Ollie's got BO, no one wants to sit next to him." What is the problem? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend, Ollie, one, problem · **What happens:** whisper, get, want, sit, be · **To what, where:** BO, Ollie · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A friend whispers "Ollie's got BO, no one wants to sit next to him." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t6:1 # text = A friend whispers "Ollie's got BO, no one wants to sit next to him." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 whispers whisper VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 8 BO BO PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 next next ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | a friend | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | Ollie | BO | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bo=Stimulus | | 3 | **want** *in a quote* | present | no one | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **sit** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* | | Ollie | | | next *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 is the problem? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t6:2 # text = What is the problem? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 problem problem NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the problem | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ollie is a bad sport ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t6:o1:1 # text = Ollie is a bad sport 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Ollie | a bad sport | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ollie is very loud ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t6:o2:1 # text = Ollie is very loud 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Ollie | | | | | loud *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ollie has a cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t6:o3:1 # text = Ollie has a cold 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Ollie | a cold | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Ollie smells of sweat ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:t6:o4:1 # text = Ollie smells of sweat 1 Ollie Ollie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 smells smell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 sweat sweat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smell** | present | Ollie | | | | | of sweat | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of sweat=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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