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title: Granny laughs: "I've got laughter lines — from 70 years of laughing… — Soft words for hard things: age and lo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Granny laughs: "I've got laughter lines — from 70 years of laughing at your grandad." What is she talking about? Test 2 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 question and of
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# Test 2 · Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight

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Granny laughs: "I've got laughter lines — from 70 years of laughing at your grandad." What is she talking about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Granny, I, 70 years · **What happens:** laugh, get, talk about · **To what, where:** laughter lines · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Granny laughs: "I've got laughter lines — from 70 years of laughing at your grandad."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t2:1
# text = Granny laughs: "I've got laughter lines — from 70 years of laughing at your grandad."
1	Granny	Granny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
8	laughter	laughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	70	70	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
14	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Granny |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | laughter lines |  |  | year |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer line=Stimulus |
| 3 | **laugh** *in a quote* | gerund | 70 years *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at your grandad | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What is she talking about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t2:2
# text = What is she talking about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk about** | present · progressive | Granny |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A comedy show

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t2:o1:1
# text = A comedy show
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	comedy	comedy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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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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Her wrinkles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t2:o2:1
# text = Her wrinkles
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wrinkles	wrinkle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Her hair parting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t2:o3:1
# text = Her hair parting
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	parting	parting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **part** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom parting «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lines in a diary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t2:o4:1
# text = Lines in a diary
1	Lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	diary	diary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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