--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the description «slightly well done», applied to toast which is black and emits smoke? Exam question 2 of lesson 52 «Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement side by side» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement side by side Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the description «slightly well done», applied to toast which is black and emits smoke? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** toast · **What happens:** follow, characteris, do, apply, be, emit · **To what, where:** description, smoke This is exam question 2 of lesson 52 «Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement side by side» of the language course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the description «slightly well done», applied to toast which is black and emits smoke? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 description description NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 slightly slightly ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 14 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 applied apply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 toast toast NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 advcl _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 emits emit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 25 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the description | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **do** *in a quote* | participle | | the description *not said here* | | | | slightly, well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **apply** | participle | | the description *not said here* | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | toast | | | | | black *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **emit** | present | toast *not said here* | smoke | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Source smoke=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Understatement ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side:e2:o1:1 # text = Understatement 1 Understatement understatement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Sarcasm ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side:e2:o2:1 # text = Sarcasm 1 Sarcasm sarcasm NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A literal description ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side:e2:o3:1 # text = A literal description 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 literal literal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 description description NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Hyperbole ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side:e2:o4:1 # text = Hyperbole 1 Hyperbole hyperbole 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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