--- title: A note to the teacher: "Sam may be irregular this week due to his ne… — Soft words for hard things: the toilet… · tree and pragmatics description: A note to the teacher: "Sam may be irregular this week due to his new medicine." What does it mean? 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What does it mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam, medicine · **What happens:** be, medicine, mean This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A note to the teacher: "Sam may be irregular this week due to his new medicine." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t6:1 # text = A note to the teacher: "Sam may be irregular this week due to his new medicine." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 9 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 irregular irregular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 appos _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 18 case _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 medicine medicine NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | may | Sam | | | | week | due Sam's new medicine; irregular *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **medicine** *in a quote* | | Sam | | | | | | nom medicine «cognition 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 does it mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t6:2 # text = What does it mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | medicine | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Sam may come to school late ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t6:o1:1 # text = Sam may come to school late 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | may | Sam | | | school | | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Sam may be constipated ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t6:o2:1 # text = Sam may be constipated 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 constipated constipate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **constipate** | may · passive | | Sam | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sam may behave strangely ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t6:o3:1 # text = Sam may behave strangely 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 behave behave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 strangely strangely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behave** | may | Sam | | | | | strangely *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sam may miss some lessons ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t6:o4:1 # text = Sam may miss some lessons 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss** | may | Sam | some lessons | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lesson=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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