Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: relations and family

Select the response consistent with the established usage of the phrase "living in sin" in former times.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, phrase · What happens: select, establish, live, use · To what, where: response, sin, phrase

This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Soft words for hard things: 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 usage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 usage	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 usage	amod
8	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 phrase	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 phrase	det
11	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 usage	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 living	punct
13	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 phrase	acl
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 sin	case
15	sin	sin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 living	obl
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 living	punct
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 times	case
18	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 times	amod
19	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 living	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	live in a quote	gerund	the phrase not said here		sin	time	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sin=Location
4	use			the phrase			nom usage «act transitive»: of=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

Residence in a disreputable district of a town or city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 district	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 district	det
4	disreputable	disreputable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 district	amod
5	district	district	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Residence	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 town	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 town	det
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 district	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 city	cc
10	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 town	conj

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cohabitation without the solemnisation of marriage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	without	without	ADP	_	4 solemnisation	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 solemnisation	det
4	solemnisation	solemnisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cohabitation	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 marriage	case
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 solemnisation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	solemnise			marriage					nom solemnisation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Habitual misbehaviour of children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Habitual	habitual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 misbehaviour	amod
2	misbehaviour	misbehaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 children	case
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 misbehaviour	nmod

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

Option 4

Conduct in breach of criminal law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 breach	case
3	breach	breach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Conduct	nmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 law	case
5	criminal	criminal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 law	amod
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Conduct	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct			criminal law		breach			nom conduct «act transitive»: in=place of=patient

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