--- title: Friend: "Mum and Dad are taking some time apart. Dad's at Gran's." W… — Soft words for hard things: relations… · tree and pragmatics description: Friend: "Mum and Dad are taking some time apart. Dad's at Gran's." What is likely happening? Test 8 · ★ 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' --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: relations and family Friend: "Mum and Dad are taking some time apart. Dad's at Gran's." What is likely happening? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Friend, Dad · **What happens:** take, be, happen · **To what, where:** Gran This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Friend: "Mum and Dad are taking some time apart. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t8:1 # text = Friend: "Mum and Dad are taking some time apart. 1 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 apart apart ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Friend | | | | time | apart *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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:* Dad's at Gran's." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t8:2 # text = Dad's at Gran's." 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Dad | | | Gran | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* What is likely happening? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t8:3 # text = What is likely happening? 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 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 happening happen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **happen** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Gran is ill ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t8:o1:1 # text = Gran is ill 1 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Gran | | | | | ill *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are redecorating ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t8:o2:1 # text = They are redecorating 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 redecorating redecorate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **redecorate** | present · progressive | They | | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Dad is on holiday at the seaside ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t8:o3:1 # text = Dad is on holiday at the seaside 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 seaside seaside NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Dad | | | holiday | | at the seaside | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The parents are separating ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t8:o4:1 # text = The parents are separating 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 separating separate VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **separate** | present · progressive | the parents | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **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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