--- title: A sports reporter: "At 38, the striker is clearly past his prime." W… — Soft words for hard things: age and lo… · tree and pragmatics description: A sports reporter: "At 38, the striker is clearly past his prime." What does the reporter think? Test 5 of lesson 9 «Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight» 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/9-age-looks-and-size/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: age and lo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/9-age-looks-and-size/) / t5 # Test 5 · Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight A sports reporter: "At 38, the striker is clearly past his prime." What does the reporter think? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sports reporter, reporter · **What happens:** be, think This is test 5 of lesson 9 «Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight» 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/9-age-looks-and-size/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A sports reporter: "At 38, the striker is clearly past his prime." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t5:1 # text = A sports reporter: "At 38, the striker is clearly past his prime." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sports sport NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 compound _ _ 3 reporter reporter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 At at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 38 38 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 striker striker NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 12 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 past past ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 prime prime NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a sports reporter at 38 | | | | | past reporter's prime; clearly *property* | tree rules | 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 the reporter think? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t5:2 # text = What does the reporter think? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 reporter reporter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | the reporter | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The striker has just started ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t5:o1:1 # text = The striker has just started 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 striker striker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 started start VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | present · perfect | the striker | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} The striker is too young ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t5:o2:1 # text = The striker is too young 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 striker striker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the striker | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The striker is the best now ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t5:o3:1 # text = The striker is the best now 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 striker striker NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 6 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the striker | | | | now | good *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The striker is no longer at his best ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t5:o4:1 # text = The striker is no longer at his best 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 striker striker NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 no no ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 8 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the striker | | | | | good, long *property* | tree rules | **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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