--- title: Classmate: "My mum and dad are separated, but they're not divorced."… — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics description: Classmate: "My mum and dad are separated, but they're not divorced." What is true? Test 7 · ★ 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 and of each --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati… Classmate: "My mum and dad are separated, but they're not divorced." What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** separate, not divorce, be · **To what, where:** Classmate, mum This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Classmate: "My mum and dad are separated, but they're not divorced." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t7:1 # text = Classmate: "My mum and dad are separated, but they're not divorced." 1 Classmate classmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 separated separate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 13 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 divorced divorce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **separate** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Classmate | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **not** **divorce** *in a quote* | present · passive | | mum | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-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 is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t7:2 # text = What is true? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They are married but live apart ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t7:o1:1 # text = They are married but live apart 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 _ 5 cc _ _ 5 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 apart apart ADV RB _ 5 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 | **live** | present | | | | | | apart *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They have never met ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t7:o2:1 # text = They have never met 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 met meet VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **meet** | present · perfect | They | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are divorced already ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t7:o3:1 # text = They are divorced already 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 divorced divorce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 already already ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **divorce** | present · passive | | They | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} They live together happily ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t7:o4:1 # text = They live together happily 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 together together ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 happily happily ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live together** | present | They | | | | | happily, together *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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