--- title: Aunt: "Your cousin? Black sheep, love. Don't ask." What is the aunt… — Soft words for hard things: relations… · tree and pragmatics description: Aunt: "Your cousin? Black sheep, love. Don't ask." What is the aunt saying? Test 7 · ★ 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 righ --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: relations and family Aunt: "Your cousin? Black sheep, love. Don't ask." What is the aunt saying? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, aunt · **What happens:** not ask, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Aunt: "Your cousin? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t7:1 # text = Aunt: "Your cousin? 1 Aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Black sheep, love. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t7:2 # text = Black sheep, love. 1 Black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* Don't ask." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t7:3 # text = Don't ask." 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 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 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 4:* What is the aunt saying? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t7:4 # text = What is the aunt 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 aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | the aunt | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The cousin is the family's shame ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t7:o1:1 # text = The cousin is the family's shame 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the cousin | the family's shame | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The cousin has dark hair ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t7:o2:1 # text = The cousin has dark hair 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the cousin | dark hair | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The cousin works on a sheep farm up north ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t7:o3:1 # text = The cousin works on a sheep farm up north 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sheep sheep NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 up up ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 north north ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | the cousin | | | | | on a sheep farm; north *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on farm=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The cousin is the oldest ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t7:o4:1 # text = The cousin is the oldest 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 oldest old ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the cousin | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | **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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