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title: ★★★ Same snowy morning. Gran: «bit nippy». The thermometer: minus 6.… — A bit nippy and not ideal: British und… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Same snowy morning. Gran: «bit nippy». The thermometer: minus 6. Your cousin: «it's like minus a million». Which tells you how cold it really is, and what has Gran done? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 49 «A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement» of the language course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Test 10 · ★ · A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement

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★★★ Same snowy morning. Gran: «bit nippy». The thermometer: minus 6. Your cousin: «it's like minus a million». Which tells you how cold it really is, and what has Gran done?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, Gran · **What happens:** be, tell, do · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 49 «A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement» 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/49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Same snowy morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t10:1
# text = ★★★ Same snowy morning.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	list	_	_
4	Same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Gran: «bit nippy».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t10:2
# text = Gran: «bit nippy».
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	nippy	nippy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* The thermometer: minus 6.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t10:3
# text = The thermometer: minus 6.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thermometer	thermometer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	minus	minus	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 4:* Your cousin: «it's like minus a million».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t10:4
# text = Your cousin: «it's like minus a million».
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	minus	minus	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | cousin |  |  |  |  | like a million | tree rules |

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*Sentence 5:* Which tells you how cold it really is, and what has Gran done?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t10:5
# text = Which tells you how cold it really is, and what has Gran done?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	14	obj	_	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present |  |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | cousin |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | present · perfect | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The thermometer; Gran played it down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t10:o1:1
# text = The thermometer; Gran played it down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thermometer	thermometer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play down** | past | the thermometer | it |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Your cousin; Gran exaggerated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t10:o2:1
# text = Your cousin; Gran exaggerated
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exaggerate** | past | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
All three; nobody played anything down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t10:o3:1
# text = All three; nobody played anything down
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	_
5	played	play	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play down** | past | all three | anything |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Gran's words; the thermometer is wrong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t10:o4:1
# text = Gran's words; the thermometer is wrong
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	thermometer	thermometer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Gran's words |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **word** |  | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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