--- title: An American book: "The homely girl at the dance had no partner." Wha… — Soft words for hard things: age and lo… · tree and pragmatics description: An American book: "The homely girl at the dance had no partner." What does "homely" say here? 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What does "homely" say here? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** American book · **What happens:** have, say · **To what, where:** partner · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An American book: "The homely girl at the dance had no partner." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t9:1 # text = An American book: "The homely girl at the dance had no partner." 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 American American ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 homely homely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dance dance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 partner partner NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | a American book | no partner | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partner=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:* What does "homely" say here? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t9:2 # text = What does "homely" say here? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 obl _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 homely homely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 6 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | here | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She stayed at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t9:o1:1 # text = She stayed at home 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | past | She | | | home | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She was plain-looking ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t9:o2:1 # text = She was plain-looking 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past · progressive | She | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} She was the host ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t9:o3:1 # text = She was the host 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | She | the host | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} She was cosy and kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t9:o4:1 # text = She was cosy and kind 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cosy cosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | She | | | | | cosy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | She *not said here* | | | | | | 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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