--- title: A teacher's note home: "Toby needs to ask before going to the bathro… — Soft words for hard things: the toilet… · tree and pragmatics description: A teacher's note home: "Toby needs to ask before going to the bathroom." What is Toby asking for? Test 5 of lesson 6 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/t5/) [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: the toilet…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/6-toilet-words/) / t5 # Test 5 · Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions A teacher's note home: "Toby needs to ask before going to the bathroom." What is Toby asking for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toby, teacher · **What happens:** need, ask, go, note, be · **To what, where:** bathroom, Toby This is test 5 of lesson 6 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» 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/6-toilet-words/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A teacher's note home: "Toby needs to ask before going to the bathroom." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t5:1 # text = A teacher's note home: "Toby needs to ask before going to the bathroom." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 home home ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Toby Toby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 before before SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bathroom bathroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** *in a quote* | present | Toby | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Toby *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | Toby *not said here* | | | the bathroom | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bathroom=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **note** | | a teacher | | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: poss=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 Toby asking for? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t5:2 # text = What is Toby asking for? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 Toby Toby PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 asking ask VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Toby | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Toby *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Permission to take a bath ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t5:o1:1 # text = Permission to take a bath 1 Permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | to-infinitive | | a bath | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Permission to wash paint off ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t5:o2:1 # text = Permission to wash paint off 1 Permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl _ _ 4 paint paint NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash off** | to-infinitive | | paint | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paint=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Permission to go to the toilet ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t5:o3:1 # text = Permission to go to the toilet 1 Permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 toilet toilet NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | the toilet | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to toilet=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Permission to see the nurse ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t5:o4:1 # text = Permission to see the nurse 1 Permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | to-infinitive | | the nurse | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nurse=Stimulus | **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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