--- title: Grandma whispers "Poor Grandpa had a little accident on the way home… — Soft words for hard things: the toilet… · tree and pragmatics description: Grandma whispers "Poor Grandpa had a little accident on the way home." Was there a crash? Test 8 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; Mo --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions Grandma whispers "Poor Grandpa had a little accident on the way home." Was there a crash? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandma, Poor Grandpa · **What happens:** whisper, have, be · **To what, where:** little accident, way, crash · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandma whispers "Poor Grandpa had a little accident on the way home." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t8:1 # text = Grandma whispers "Poor Grandpa had a little accident on the way home." 1 Grandma grandma NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 whispers whisper VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Grandpa Grandpa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 home home ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | present | Grandma | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Poor Grandpa | a little accident | | the way | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accident=Patient | 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:* Was there a crash? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t8:2 # text = Was there a crash? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 1 expl _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 crash crash NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | a crash | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, he fell off his bike ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t8:o1:1 # text = Yes, he fell off his bike 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** | past | he | his bike | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} No, he wet himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t8:o2:1 # text = No, he wet himself 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wet wet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wet** | past | he | himself *= he* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, he got lost ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t8:o3:1 # text = No, he got lost 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, a small car crash ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:t8:o4:1 # text = Yes, a small car crash 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 crash crash NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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