--- title: Grumpy uncle: "Him and his missus? Didn't work out, did it. She's go… — Soft words for hard things: pregnancy… · tree and pragmatics description: Grumpy uncle: "Him and his missus? Didn't work out, did it. She's gone." What happened? Test 9 · ★ 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 --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati… Grumpy uncle: "Him and his missus? Didn't work out, did it. She's gone." What happened? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** She · **What happens:** not work out, do, be, happen · **To what, where:** missus This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grumpy uncle: "Him and his missus? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t9:1 # text = Grumpy uncle: "Him and his missus? 1 Grumpy grumpy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 missus missus NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Didn't work out, did it. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t9:2 # text = Didn't work out, did it. 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 work work VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **work out** | past · do-support | | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | past | | missus | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | *Sentence 3:* She's gone." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t9:3 # text = She's gone." 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | gone *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 4:* What happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t9:4 # text = What happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 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 {#o1} The car broke down ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t9:o1:1 # text = The car broke down 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break down** | past | the car | | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The house was sold ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t9:o2:1 # text = The house was sold 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 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 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | past · passive | | the house | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The holiday was cancelled ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t9:o3:1 # text = The holiday was cancelled 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 holiday holiday 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 cancelled cancel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cancel** | past · passive | | the holiday | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The marriage ended ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:12-birth-and-couples:t9:o4:1 # text = The marriage ended 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ended end VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **end** | past | the marriage | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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