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title: A grave says "In memory of our dearly departed mother." Who is burie… — Soft words for hard things: death and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A grave says "In memory of our dearly departed mother." Who is buried there? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 3 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying, illness and the body» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 9 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: death and dying, illness and t…

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A grave says "In memory of our dearly departed mother." Who is buried there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grave · **What happens:** say, depart, bury · **To what, where:** memory · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 3 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying, illness and the body» 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/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A grave says "In memory of our dearly departed mother."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:t9:1
# text = A grave says "In memory of our dearly departed mother."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
9	dearly	dearly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	departed	depart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a grave | memory of our dearly departed mother |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent memory=Topic |
| 2 | **depart** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Who is buried there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:t9:2
# text = Who is buried there?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | present · passive |  |  |  | there |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A mother who moved abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:t9:o1:1
# text = A mother who moved abroad
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | a mother |  |  |  |  | abroad *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A mother who left the family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:t9:o2:1
# text = A mother who left the family
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | a mother | the family |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The family's dead mother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:t9:o3:1
# text = The family's dead mother
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A dear neighbour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:t9:o4:1
# text = A dear neighbour
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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