--- title: Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the statement that… — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the statement that two persons have "parted ways". Exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relations and family» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/e1/) [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: pregnancy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/12-birth-and-couples/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati… Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the statement that two persons have "parted ways". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, two persons · **What happens:** identify, convey, have, part · **To what, where:** meaning, parted ways This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relations and family» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/12-birth-and-couples/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e1:1 # text = Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the statement that two persons have "parted ways". 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 5 advmod _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 parted part VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme | | 2 | **convey** | participle | | the meaning *not said here* | | | | by the statement; accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **have** | present | two persons | parted ways | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 4 | **part** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Their relationship has been terminated ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e1:o1:1 # text = Their relationship has been terminated 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 relationship relationship NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 terminated terminate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **terminate** | present · perfect · passive | | Their relationship | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They have dissolved a business partnership ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e1:o2:1 # text = They have dissolved a business partnership 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 dissolved dissolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 partnership partnership NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dissolve** | present · perfect | They | a business partnership | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partnership=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They have travelled in opposing directions ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e1:o3:1 # text = They have travelled in opposing directions 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 travelled travell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 opposing oppose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 amod _ _ 6 directions direction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travell** | present · perfect | They | | | opposing directions | | | tree rules | | 2 | **oppose** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} They have concluded a walking excursion ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e1:o4:1 # text = They have concluded a walking excursion 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 concluded conclude VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 walking walking NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 excursion excursion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conclude** | present · perfect · passive | | They | | | | | tree rules | **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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