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title: «that manager's well harsh, she only said 'alright' after they won 5… — A bit nippy and not ideal: British und… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 5 · ★ · A bit nippy and not ideal: British understatement

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«that manager's well harsh, she only said 'alright' after they won 5-0» What have you missed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** manager, she, they, you · **What happens:** be, say, win, miss · **To what, where:** 5-0 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t5:1
# text = «that manager's well harsh, she only said 'alright' after they won 5-0» What have you missed?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	manager	manager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	alright	alright	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
17	5-0	5-0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	obj	_	_
20	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
21	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	missed	miss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that manager |  |  |  |  | harsh, well *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | she |  |  |  |  | alright *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **win** *in a quote* | past | they | 5-0 |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 5-0=Eventuality |
| 4 | **miss** | present · perfect | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She was really angry that they didn't score six

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t5:o1:1
# text = She was really angry that they didn't score six
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	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	score	score	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | She |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **score** | past · do-support | they | six |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent six=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She praised them the British way, by playing it down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t5:o2:1
# text = She praised them the British way, by playing it down
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	praised	praise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | past | She | them *= they* |  |  |  | the British way *obl* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 2 | **play down** | gerund | She *not said here* | way |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She thinks 5–0 is a bad result for a final

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t5:o3:1
# text = She thinks 5–0 is a bad result for a final
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	0	0	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	result	result	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | 5 – 0 | a bad result |  |  |  | for a final | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She didn't watch the match at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:49-a-bit-nippy-and-not-ideal-british-understatement:t5:o4:1
# text = She didn't watch the match at all
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **watch** | past · do-support | She | the match |  | all |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Theme |

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