--- title: Gossip: "Old Fred? Six feet under since March, mate." What do you le… — Soft words for hard things: death and… · tree and pragmatics description: Gossip: "Old Fred? Six feet under since March, mate." What do you learn about Fred? Test 4 · ★ 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 ri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/t4/) [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/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: death and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: death and dying Gossip: "Old Fred? Six feet under since March, mate." What do you learn about Fred? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** learn This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gossip: "Old Fred? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t4:1 # text = Gossip: "Old Fred? 1 Gossip gossip NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Fred Fred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Six feet under since March, mate." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t4:2 # text = Six feet under since March, mate." 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod:unmarked _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 since since ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What do you learn about Fred? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t4:3 # text = What do you learn about Fred? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Fred Fred PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present · do-support | you | | | | | about Fred | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He died and was buried in March ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t4:o1:1 # text = He died and was buried in March 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 buried bury VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | He | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **bury** | past · passive | He *not said here* | | | | march | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP» | ### Option 2 {#o2} He moved to a small flat in March ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t4:o2:1 # text = He moved to a small flat in March 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 flat flat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | He | | | a small flat | march | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to flat=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} He went to live underground in March ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t4:o3:1 # text = He went to live underground in March 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 underground underground ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **live** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | march | underground *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He fell into a hole in March ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:t4:o4:1 # text = He fell into a hole in March 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 March March PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | He | | | | | into a hole in March *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into hole=Result | **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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