--- title: ★★★ Gran says «It's not exactly warm» in the sports hall, and later… — Not unhappy and not half: litotes · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Gran says «It's not exactly warm» in the sports hall, and later «It's not exactly cold» by the fire. Where is it colder? 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Where is it colder? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, It, hall · **What happens:** say, not be, be · **To what, where:** sports hall · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 50 «Not unhappy and not half: litotes» 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/50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Gran says «It's not exactly warm» in the sports hall, and later «It's not exactly cold» by the fire. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes:t10:1 # text = ★★★ Gran says «It's not exactly warm» in the sports hall, and later «It's not exactly cold» by the fire. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 list _ _ 4 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 sports sport NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 compound _ _ 16 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 25 advmod _ _ 20 « « PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 24 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 » » PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | It | | | the sports hall | | exactly, warm *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | hall | | | | | by the fire; cold, exactly, late *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:* Where is it colder? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes:t10:2 # text = Where is it colder? 1 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 4 colder cold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | hall | | | | | cold, where *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Neither is cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes:t10:o1:1 # text = Neither is cold 1 Neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Neither | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The sports hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes:t10:o2:1 # text = The sports hall 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sports sport NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 compound _ _ 3 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Both are the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes:t10:o3:1 # text = Both are the same 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Both | | | | | same *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} By the fire ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:50-not-unhappy-and-not-half-litotes:t10:o4:1 # text = By the fire 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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