Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati…

Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the statement that two persons have "parted ways".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, two persons · What happens: identify, convey, have, part · To what, where: meaning, parted ways

This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relations and family» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 accurately	advmod
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 conveyed	advmod
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 meaning	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 statement	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 statement	det
9	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conveyed	obl
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 have	mark
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 persons	nummod
12	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 have	nsubj
13	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 statement	acl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 ways	punct
15	parted	part	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 ways	amod
16	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 have	obj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 ways	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the meaning		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme
2	convey	participle		the meaning not said here	by the statement; accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	have	present	two persons	parted ways		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
4	part in a quote	participle				vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Their relationship has been terminated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 relationship	nmod:poss
2	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 terminated	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 terminated	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 terminated	aux:pass
5	terminated	terminate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	terminate	present · perfect · passive		Their relationship					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

They have dissolved a business partnership

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dissolved	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dissolved	aux
3	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 partnership	det
5	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 partnership	compound
6	partnership	partnership	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dissolved	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	present · perfect	They	a business partnership					vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent partnership=Patient

Option 3

They have travelled in opposing directions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 travelled	nsubj
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 travelled	aux
3	travelled	travell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 directions	case
5	opposing	oppose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 directions	amod
6	directions	direction	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 travelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travell	present · perfect	They			opposing directions			tree rules
2	oppose	gerund							vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

They have concluded a walking excursion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 concluded	nsubj:pass
2	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 concluded	aux
3	concluded	conclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 excursion	det
5	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 excursion	compound
6	excursion	excursion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concluded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	present · perfect · passive		They					tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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