Ambiguity of fortune-telling sentences _ What is the ambiguity of fortune-telling sentences?

Father died before mother. What consciousness?

This sentence can be understood in two ways:

1. Father is here, mother dies first.

My father is still alive and my mother has passed away.

2. Father died before mother.

Meaning: (1) When both parents die, the father dies first. (2) The father has died and the mother is still alive.

Therefore, if this sentence is ambiguous, it depends on how you break the sentence. Fortune tellers usually deliberately make this statement ambiguous and muddle through, and then continue his next "performance" according to your performance.