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title: A letter: "Your grandmother has moved into assisted living." Where h… — Soft words for hard things: age and lo… · tree and pragmatics
description: A letter: "Your grandmother has moved into assisted living." Where has she moved? Test 6 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 each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 6 · Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight

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A letter: "Your grandmother has moved into assisted living." Where has she moved?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** grandmother · **What happens:** move, assist · **To what, where:** letter, assisted living

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A letter: "Your grandmother has moved into assisted living."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t6:1
# text = A letter: "Your grandmother has moved into assisted living."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	grandmother	grandmother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	assisted	assist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	amod	_	_
11	living	living	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Your grandmother | a letter *not said here* |  | assisted living |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent letter=Theme into living=Trajectory |
| 2 | **assist** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: 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:* Where has she moved?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t6:2
# text = Where has she moved?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	has	have	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	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present · perfect | grandmother |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A shared flat with her old friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t6:o1:1
# text = A shared flat with her old friends
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	flat	flat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A care home where she gets help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t6:o2:1
# text = A care home where she gets help
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | she | help |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A holiday home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t6:o3:1
# text = A holiday home
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	home	home	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 hospital for one night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t6:o4:1
# text = A hospital for one night
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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