--- title: Which of the following most accurately characterises a couple descri… — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following most accurately characterises a couple described as "living apart"? Exam question 4 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 the questio --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati… Which of the following most accurately characterises a couple described as "living apart"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, describe, live · **To what, where:** couple This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e4:1 # text = Which of the following most accurately characterises a couple described as "living apart"? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 14 apart apart ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | a couple | | | | accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **describe** | participle | | a couple *not said here* | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | apart *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} They are temporarily travelling abroad ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e4:o1:1 # text = They are temporarily travelling abroad 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 temporarily temporarily ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 travelling travel VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **travel** | present · progressive | They | | | | | abroad, temporarily *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They are married but no longer reside together ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e4:o2:1 # text = They are married but no longer reside together 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 no no ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 7 advmod _ _ 7 reside reside VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 together together ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | present · passive | | They | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **reside** | infinitive | | | | | | long, together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They have relocated jointly to another region ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e4:o3:1 # text = They have relocated jointly to another region 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 relocated relocate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 jointly jointly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 region region NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relocate** | present · perfect | They | | | | | to another region; jointly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} They have never cohabited prior to marriage ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:e4:o4:1 # text = They have never cohabited prior to marriage 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 cohabited cohabit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 7 case _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cohabit** | present · perfect | They | | | | | prior marriage | 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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