--- title: Kid: "We're a blended family, I got 2 stepsisters." What is true? — Soft words for hard things: relations… · tree and pragmatics description: Kid: "We're a blended family, I got 2 stepsisters." What is true? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 13 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/13-relations-and-family/t11/) [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: relations…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/13-relations-and-family/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: relations and family Kid: "We're a blended family, I got 2 stepsisters." What is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** We, I · **What happens:** blend, be, get · **To what, where:** blended family, 2 stepsisters This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 13 «Soft words for hard things: 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/13-relations-and-family/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Kid: "We're a blended family, I got 2 stepsisters." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t11:1 # text = Kid: "We're a blended family, I got 2 stepsisters." 1 Kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 blended blend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 stepsisters stepsister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blend** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | We | a blended family | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** *in a quote* | past | I | 2 stepsisters | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stepsister=Stimulus | 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:13-relations-and-family:t11:2 # 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} There is a stepparent with children ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t11:o1:1 # text = There is a stepparent with children 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stepparent stepparent NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | a stepparent with children | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The family likes making fruit smoothies ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t11:o2:1 # text = The family likes making fruit smoothies 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 likes like VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 smoothies smoothie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | the family | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | gerund | the family *not said here* | fruit smoothies | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset smoothie=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} The sisters are twins ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t11:o3:1 # text = The sisters are twins 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 twins twin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the sisters | twins | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The family is mixed-race ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t11:o4:1 # text = The family is mixed-race 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 mixed mix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mix** | present · passive | | the family | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary race=Product | **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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