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Test 8 of lesson 53 «Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate and play down» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/t8/) [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/) / [Told you a hundred times: how other la…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/) / t8 # Test 8 · Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate a… ★★ Léa's «wolf's hunger», Grandad's «I could eat a horse», and Mei's cousin's «hungry to death». What do all three mean? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, Léa, three mean · **What happens:** eat, hunger, be · **To what, where:** horse This is test 8 of lesson 53 «Told you a hundred times: how other languages exaggerate and play down» 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/53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★ Léa's «wolf's hunger», Grandad's «I could eat a horse», and Mei's cousin's «hungry to death». ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t8:1 # text = ★★ Léa's «wolf's hunger», Grandad's «I could eat a horse», and Mei's cousin's «hungry to death». 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 3 Léa Léa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 hunger hunger NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 « « PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 22 Mei Mei PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 23 's 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 's 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 « « PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 parataxis _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 » » PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | could | ★ and Grandad | a horse | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | | 2 | **hunger** *in a quote* | | Léa | | | | | | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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:* What do all three mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t8:2 # text = What do all three mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 mean mean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | all three mean | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Scared of animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t8:o1:1 # text = Scared of animals 1 Scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Very hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t8:o2:1 # text = Very hungry 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Feeling ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t8:o3:1 # text = Feeling ill 1 Feeling feel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | gerund | | | | | | ill *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} A bit peckish ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:53-told-you-a-hundred-times-how-other-languages-exaggerate-and-play-down:t8:o4:1 # text = A bit peckish 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 peckish peckish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 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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