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title: At the wedding, Auntie May says "I'll just go and powder my nose, da… — Soft words for hard things: the toilet… · tree and pragmatics
description: At the wedding, Auntie May says "I'll just go and powder my nose, darling." Where is Auntie May going? Test 3 of lesson 6 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 3 · Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions

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At the wedding, Auntie May says "I'll just go and powder my nose, darling." Where is Auntie May going?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Auntie · **What happens:** say, go, powder, be · **To what, where:** wedding, nose · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 6 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» 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/6-toilet-words/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* At the wedding, Auntie May says "I'll just go and powder my nose, darling."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t3:1
# text = At the wedding, Auntie May says "I'll just go and powder my nose, darling."
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	May	May	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	ccomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	powder	powder	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	darling	darling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Auntie |  |  | the wedding |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | future | Auntie |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **powder** *in a quote* | infinitive | Auntie *not said here* | my nose and darling |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient |

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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:* Where is Auntie May going?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t3:2
# text = Where is Auntie May going?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	May	May	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | Auntie |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Outside for fresh air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t3:o1:1
# text = Outside for fresh air
1	Outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To the toilet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t3:o2:1
# text = To the toilet
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To the make-up artist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t3:o3:1
# text = To the make-up artist
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	make	make	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound	_	_
6	artist	artist	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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To the dance floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:t3:o4:1
# text = To the dance floor
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	floor	floor	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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