--- title: A care-home list: "Order more protective underwear for Room 12." Wha… — Soft words for hard things: the toilet… · tree and pragmatics description: A care-home list: "Order more protective underwear for Room 12." What is needed? Test 13 of lesson 7 «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 option; Mova's cho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/7-wind-sick-and-runs/t13/) [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/7-wind-sick-and-runs/) / t13 # Test 13 · Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions A care-home list: "Order more protective underwear for Room 12." What is needed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** order, need · **To what, where:** protective underwear This is test 13 of lesson 7 «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/7-wind-sick-and-runs/#t13). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A care-home list: "Order more protective underwear for Room 12." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t13:1 # text = A care-home list: "Order more protective underwear for Room 12." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Order order VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 protective protective ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 underwear underwear NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 12 12 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **order** *in a quote* | infinitive | | protective underwear | | | | for Room | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent underwear=Theme for room=Beneficiary | 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 needed? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t13:2 # text = What is needed? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Safety helmets ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t13:o1:1 # text = Safety helmets 1 Safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 helmets helmet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Warm pyjamas ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t13:o2:1 # text = Warm pyjamas 1 Warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pyjamas pyjama NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Adult nappies ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t13:o3:1 # text = Adult nappies 1 Adult adult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 nappies nappy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Socks that do not slip ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t13:o4:1 # text = Socks that do not slip 1 Socks sock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 slip slip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **slip** | present · do-support | Socks | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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