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Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: pregnancy and birth and relati…

It is stated that a public figure is accompanied by "her companion of many years". Ascertain the nature of the relationship thereby indicated.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: companion, you · What happens: state, accompany, ascertain, indicate · To what, where: It, public figure, nature, relationship

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is stated that a public figure is accompanied by "her companion of many years".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stated	aux:pass
3	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 accompanied	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 figure	det
6	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 figure	amod
7	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accompanied	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 accompanied	aux:pass
9	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stated	advcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 companion	case
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 companion	punct
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 companion	nmod:poss
13	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accompanied	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 years	case
15	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 years	amod
16	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 companion	nmod
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 companion	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	present · passive		It					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	accompany	present · passive	her companion of many years	a public figure					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain the nature of the relationship thereby indicated.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 relationship	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 relationship	det
6	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nature	nmod
7	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	8 indicated	advmod
8	indicated	indicate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 relationship	acl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the nature of the relationship					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic
2	indicate	participle		the relationship not said here				thereby property	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A domestic animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 animal	det
2	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 animal	amod
3	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A long-standing partner to whom she is not married

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 partner	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 standing	amod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
4	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 partner	amod
5	partner	partner	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 whom	case
7	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 partner	nmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 married	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 married	aux:pass
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 married	advmod
11	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 whom	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund							vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not marry	present · passive		she					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

A paid employee providing care

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 employee	det
2	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 employee	amod
3	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	providing	provide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 employee	acl
5	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 providing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	participle							vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	provide	gerund	a paid employee not said here	care					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition care=Theme

Option 4

A childhood acquaintance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 acquaintance	det
2	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 acquaintance	compound
3	acquaintance	acquaintance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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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