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title: ★ Mia's «delicious charcoal» and Dad's «slightly well done» are abou… — Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★ Mia's «delicious charcoal» and Dad's «slightly well done» are about the same toast. What is different? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement side by side» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement side by side

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★ Mia's «delicious charcoal» and Dad's «slightly well done» are about the same toast. What is different?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, be

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Sarcasm, hyperbole and understatement side by side» 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/52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★ Mia's «delicious charcoal» and Dad's «slightly well done» are about the same toast.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side:t4:1
# text = ★ Mia's «delicious charcoal» and Dad's «slightly well done» are about the same toast.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	delicious	delicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	charcoal	charcoal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
9	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
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	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
17	about	about	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | slightly, well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about Dad's same toast | 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:* What is different?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side:t4:2
# text = What is different?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | different *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both of them really like the toast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side:t4:o1:1
# text = Both of them really like the toast
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | Both | the toast |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot toast=Theme |

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

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Mia says the opposite; Dad makes it smaller

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side:t4:o2:1
# text = Mia says the opposite; Dad makes it smaller
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	opposite	opposite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mia | the opposite |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent opposite=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | present | Dad | opposite |  |  |  | small *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both of them are using hyperbole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side:t4:o3:1
# text = Both of them are using hyperbole
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	hyperbole	hyperbole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · progressive | Both | hyperbole |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hyperbole=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mia makes it bigger; Dad says the opposite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:52-sarcasm-hyperbole-and-understatement-side-by-side:t4:o4:1
# text = Mia makes it bigger; Dad says the opposite
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	opposite	opposite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Mia | it |  |  |  | big *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dad | the opposite |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent opposite=Topic |

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