--- title: Status update: "Relationship: it's complicated." What is the person… — Soft words for hard things: relations… · tree and pragmatics description: Status update: "Relationship: it's complicated." What is the person saying? Test 9 · ★ 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: relations and family Status update: "Relationship: it's complicated." What is the person saying? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** update, person · **What happens:** be, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Status update: "Relationship: it's complicated." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t9:1 # text = Status update: "Relationship: it's complicated." 1 Status status NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 update update NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Relationship relationship NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 complicated complicated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | update | | | | | complicated *property* | tree rules | 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 the person saying? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t9:2 # text = What is the person 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 person person 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 person | | | | | | 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 relationship is unclear or messy ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t9:o1:1 # text = The relationship is unclear or messy 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 relationship relationship NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 unclear unclear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 messy messy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the relationship | | | | | unclear *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the relationship *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They have no relationship at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t9:o2:1 # text = They have no relationship at all 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 relationship relationship NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | They | no relationship | | all | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relationship=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are learning maths ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t9:o3:1 # text = They are learning maths 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 learning learn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 maths math NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present · progressive | They | maths | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent math=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are married and happy ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:t9:o4:1 # text = They are married and happy 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | present · passive | | They | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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