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title: At a funeral, which would hurt the family most? — Soft words for hard things: death and… · tree and pragmatics
description: At a funeral, which would hurt the family most? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: death and dying

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At a funeral, which would hurt the family most?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** hurt · **To what, where:** family, funeral

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t3:1
# text = At a funeral, which would hurt the family most?
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | would |  | the family |  | a funeral |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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"Sorry for your loss"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t3:o1:1
# text = "Sorry for your loss"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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"Sorry he is no longer with us"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t3:o2:1
# text = "Sorry he is no longer with us"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	no	no	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | he |  |  |  |  | with us; long *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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"Sorry he kicked the bucket"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t3:o3:1
# text = "Sorry he kicked the bucket"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kicked	kick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bucket	bucket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kick** *in a quote* | past | he | the bucket |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent bucket=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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"Sorry he passed away"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t3:o4:1
# text = "Sorry he passed away"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass away** *in a quote* | past | he |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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