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title: Gossip: "Them two? On a break again. Back together by Friday, you'll… — Soft words for hard things: relations… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gossip: "Them two? On a break again. Back together by Friday, you'll see." What is the gossip saying? Test 12 · ★ 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 opt
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# Test 12 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: relations and family

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Gossip: "Them two? On a break again. Back together by Friday, you'll see." What is the gossip saying?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, gossip · **What happens:** see, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gossip: "Them two?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t12:1
# text = Gossip: "Them two?
1	Gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* On a break again.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t12:2
# text = On a break again.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* Back together by Friday, you'll see."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t12:3
# text = Back together by Friday, you'll see."
1	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	together	together	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | future | you |  |  |  | friday | together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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*Sentence 4:* What is the gossip saying?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t12:4
# text = What is the gossip saying?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	is	be	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	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | the gossip |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They are resting at work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t12:o1:1
# text = They are resting at work
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	_	_
3	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rest** | present · progressive | They |  |  | work |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at work=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They broke a plate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t12:o2:1
# text = They broke a plate
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	broke	break	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	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | They | a plate |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer plate=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They have split up for now but may get back together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t12:o3:1
# text = They have split up for now but may get back together
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	together	together	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split up** | present · perfect | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get back** | may | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are on holiday together at the seaside this week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t12:o4:1
# text = They are on holiday together at the seaside this week
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	seaside	seaside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  | holiday |  | at the seaside  this week; together *property* | tree rules |

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