--- title: A sign at a Scottish station: "Gents ← and Ladies →". What is the si… — Soft words for hard things: the toilet… · tree and pragmatics description: A sign at a Scottish station: "Gents ← and Ladies →". What is the sign for? 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What is the sign for? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sign · **What happens:** be This is test 1 of lesson 8 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions and age and looks» 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/8-toilets-and-getting-older/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A sign at a Scottish station: "Gents ← and Ladies →". ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:8-toilets-and-getting-older:t1:1 # text = A sign at a Scottish station: "Gents ← and Ladies →". 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Scottish Scottish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 station station NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Gents gent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 compound _ _ 10 ← ← NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 appos _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 13 → → SYM SYM _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* What is the sign for? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:8-toilets-and-getting-older:t1:2 # text = What is the sign for? 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 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the sign | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Two shops ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:8-toilets-and-getting-older:t1:o1:1 # text = Two shops 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two train platforms ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:8-toilets-and-getting-older:t1:o2:1 # text = Two train platforms 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 2 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 platforms platform NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The men's and women's waiting rooms ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:8-toilets-and-getting-older:t1:o3:1 # text = The men's and women's waiting rooms 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 7 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The men's and women's toilets ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:8-toilets-and-getting-older:t1:o4:1 # text = The men's and women's toilets 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 7 toilets toilet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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