--- title: Gossip: "His lady friend? Oh, she's been round every day since Easte… — Soft words for hard things: relations… · tree and pragmatics description: Gossip: "His lady friend? Oh, she's been round every day since Easter." Who is she? Test 2 · ★ 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 --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: relations and family Gossip: "His lady friend? Oh, she's been round every day since Easter." Who is she? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** day This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gossip: "His lady friend? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t2:1 # text = Gossip: "His lady friend? 1 Gossip gossip NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Oh, she's been round every day since Easter." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t2:2 # text = Oh, she's been round every day since Easter." 1 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 6 round round ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 since since ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Easter Easter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | friend | every day | | | since Easter | round *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Who is she? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t2:3 # text = Who is she? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | friend | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} His sister ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t2:o1:1 # text = His sister 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} His cleaner ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t2:o2:1 # text = His cleaner 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cleaner cleaner NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} His carer ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t2:o3:1 # text = His carer 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 carer carer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} His girlfriend ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t2:o4:1 # text = His girlfriend 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 girlfriend girlfriend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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