--- title: Press release: "After much thought, we have decided to consciously u… — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics description: Press release: "After much thought, we have decided to consciously uncouple." What really happened? Test 8 · ★ 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 que --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati… Press release: "After much thought, we have decided to consciously uncouple." What really happened? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** decide, uncouple, happen · **To what, where:** Press release This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Press release: "After much thought, we have decided to consciously uncouple." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t8:1 # text = Press release: "After much thought, we have decided to consciously uncouple." 1 Press press NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 release release NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 After after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 decided decide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 consciously consciously ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 uncouple uncouple VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** *in a quote* | present · perfect | we | Press release *not said here* | | | after much thought | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: agent=Agent release=Co-Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **uncouple** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | consciously *property* | tree rules | 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 really happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t8:2 # text = What really happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They had a baby ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t8:o1:1 # text = They had a baby 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | They | a baby | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They got married ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t8:o2:1 # text = They got married 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | past · passive | | They | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They joined a yoga class together ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t8:o3:1 # text = They joined a yoga class together 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 joined join VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 yoga yoga NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 together together ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **join** | past | They | a yoga class | | | | together *property* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The couple are splitting up ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t8:o4:1 # text = The couple are splitting up 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 splitting split VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **split up** | present · progressive | the couple | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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