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title: Dad at a funeral: "Haven't seen these two since your cousin Shona's… — Gran, cousins and the whole wide family · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad at a funeral: "Haven't seen these two since your cousin Shona's wedding." Why so long? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 17 «Gran, cousins and the whole wide family» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice w
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# Test 10 · ★ · Gran, cousins and the whole wide family

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Dad at a funeral: "Haven't seen these two since your cousin Shona's wedding." Why so long?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Dad, cousin · **What happens:** not see, wed · **To what, where:** two

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 17 «Gran, cousins and the whole wide family» of the adult life 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/adult-life/17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad at a funeral: "Haven't seen these two since your cousin Shona's wedding."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t10:1
# text = Dad at a funeral: "Haven't seen these two since your cousin Shona's wedding."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
10	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
12	since	since	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	_
15	Shona	Shona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Dad at a funeral *not said here* | this two |  |  | since your cousin's wedding |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer two=Stimulus |
| 2 | **wed** *in a quote* |  | your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | nom wedding «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Why so long?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t10:2
# text = Why so long?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cousins are kept apart on purpose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t10:o1:1
# text = Cousins are kept apart on purpose
1	Cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present · passive |  | Cousins |  | purpose |  | apart *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme on purpose=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Relatives spread out and rarely meet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t10:o2:1
# text = Relatives spread out and rarely meet
1	Relatives	relative	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spread	spread	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	rarely	rarely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	meet	meet	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread out** | present | Relatives |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **meet** | present | Relatives *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rarely *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Funerals are the only place cousins can go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t10:o3:1
# text = Funerals are the only place cousins can go
1	Funerals	funeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cousins	cousin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Funerals | the only place cousins |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | can | the only place cousins *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They had a big feud about the wedding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:17-gran-cousins-and-the-whole-family:t10:o4:1
# text = They had a big feud about the wedding
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feud	feud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | They | a big feud |  |  |  | about the wedding | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feud=Patient |

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