--- title: Teacher's old note: "Comes from a broken home, be gentle with him."… — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics description: Teacher's old note: "Comes from a broken home, be gentle with him." What does the note mean? Test 12 · ★ 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 question --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati… Teacher's old note: "Comes from a broken home, be gentle with him." What does the note mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** old note, Teacher, note · **What happens:** break, be, note, mean This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 12 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relations and family» 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/12-birth-and-couples/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Teacher's old note: "Comes from a broken home, be gentle with him." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t12:1 # text = Teacher's old note: "Comes from a broken home, be gentle with him." 1 Teacher Teacher PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Comes come NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 appos _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 amod _ _ 11 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | infinitive | Teacher's old note | | | | | with Teacher; gentle *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **note** | | Teacher | | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* What does the note mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t12:2 # text = What does the note mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | the note | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} His parents have divorced ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t12:o1:1 # text = His parents have divorced 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 divorced divorce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **divorce** | present · perfect | His parents | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He breaks things at home ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t12:o2:1 # text = He breaks things at home 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 breaks break VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | present | He | things | | home | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} His house was damaged ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t12:o3:1 # text = His house was damaged 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 damaged damage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **damage** | past · passive | | His house | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} He is homeless ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t12:o4:1 # text = He is homeless 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 homeless homeless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | homeless *property* | 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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