--- title: "Dad says Max was rehomed, so he's alive right?" — is Max alive? — Soft words for hard things: animals an… · tree and pragmatics description: "Dad says Max was rehomed, so he's alive right?" — is Max alive? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 18 «Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty» 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/18-pets-and-money/t10/) [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: animals an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and… "Dad says Max was rehomed, so he's alive right?" — is Max alive? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, Max · **What happens:** say, rehom, be · **To what, where:** Max, alive right · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 18 «Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty» 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/18-pets-and-money/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t10:1 # text = "Dad says Max was rehomed, so he's alive right?" — is Max alive? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 rehomed rehom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 15 — - PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 18 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Dad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **rehom** *in a quote* | past · passive | | Max *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Max | alive right | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | | Max | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} No, he was put down ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t10:o1:1 # text = No, he was put down 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put down** | past · passive | | he | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yes, he was given to new owners ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t10:o2:1 # text = Yes, he was given to new owners 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 owners owner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | | he | new owners | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to owner=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, he is still in the house with Dad ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t10:o3:1 # text = Yes, he is still in the house with Dad 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 8 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | he | | | the house | still | with Dad | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, he died ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t10:o4:1 # text = No, he died 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | he | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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