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title: Gossip: "Look at her face — not a single wrinkle at 60. She's defini… — Soft words for hard things: age and lo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Gossip: "Look at her face — not a single wrinkle at 60. She's definitely had some work done." What does the gossip think? Test 1 of lesson 9 «Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 1 · Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight

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Gossip: "Look at her face — not a single wrinkle at 60. She's definitely had some work done." What does the gossip think?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Gossip, work · **What happens:** look, have, do, think · **To what, where:** single wrinkle, work

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This is test 1 of lesson 9 «Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight» 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/9-age-looks-and-size/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gossip: "Look at her face — not a single wrinkle at 60.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t1:1
# text = Gossip: "Look at her face — not a single wrinkle at 60.
1	Gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	wrinkle	wrinkle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | Gossip | a single wrinkle at 60 |  |  |  | at Gossip's face | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at face=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:* She's definitely had some work done."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t1:2
# text = She's definitely had some work done."
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · passive | Gossip | some work |  |  |  | definitely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | participle | some work *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What does the gossip think?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t1:3
# text = What does the gossip think?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	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	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | the gossip |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She does a lot of exercise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t1:o1:1
# text = She does a lot of exercise
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	exercise	exercise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | She | a lot of exercise |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She sleeps a lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t1:o2:1
# text = She sleeps a lot
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | present | She | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She works very hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t1:o3:1
# text = She works very hard
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | She |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She had cosmetic surgery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t1:o4:1
# text = She had cosmetic surgery
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cosmetic	cosmetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	surgery	surgery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | cosmetic surgery |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent surgery=Patient |

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