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title: ★★★ «I'm dead», «I'm melting» and «I nearly had a heart attack» are… — Dead, a mile long and everyone: more e… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ «I'm dead», «I'm melting» and «I nearly had a heart attack» are hyperbole. In which case should you NOT treat the words as hyperbole? Test 10 of lesson 45 «Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Test 10 · Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole

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★★★ «I'm dead», «I'm melting» and «I nearly had a heart attack» are hyperbole. In which case should you NOT treat the words as hyperbole?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, ★ ★ ★, you · **What happens:** be, melt, have, not treat · **To what, where:** heart attack, hyperbole, words, case

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This is test 10 of lesson 45 «Dead, a mile long and everyone: more everyday hyperbole» of the language 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/language/45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «I'm dead», «I'm melting» and «I nearly had a heart attack» are hyperbole.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole:t10:1
# text = ★★★ «I'm dead», «I'm melting» and «I nearly had a heart attack» are hyperbole.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	_	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	melting	melt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
24	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	25	cop	_	_
25	hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **melt** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | past | I | a heart attack |  |  |  | nearly *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attack=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** | present | ★ ★ ★ | hyperbole |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* In which case should you NOT treat the words as hyperbole?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole:t10:2
# text = In which case should you NOT treat the words as hyperbole?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **treat** | should | you | the words |  | which case |  | as hyperbole | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent word=Theme as hyperbole=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Dad is hot at a summer barbecue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole:t10:o1:1
# text = Dad is hot at a summer barbecue
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	barbecue	barbecue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dad |  |  | a summer barbecue |  | hot *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Priya is laughing at a cat video

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole:t10:o2:1
# text = Priya is laughing at a cat video
1	Priya	Priya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present · progressive | Priya |  |  | a cat video |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Gran is pale and holding her chest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole:t10:o3:1
# text = Gran is pale and holding her chest
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Gran |  |  |  |  | pale *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | Gran *not said here* | Gran's chest |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chest=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ella got a fright from the dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:45-dead-a-mile-long-and-everyone-more-everyday-hyperbole:t10:o4:1
# text = Ella got a fright from the dog
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Ella | a fright |  |  |  | from the dog | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fright=Theme from dog=Source |

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