Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: relations and family and child…

Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed when a carer states that a child is "going through a phase".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, carer, child · What happens: identify, convey, state, go · To what, where: meaning, phase · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family and children's behaviour» 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:relcl
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 states	mark
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 carer	det
9	carer	carer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 states	nsubj
10	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 conveyed	advcl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 going	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 child	det
13	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 going	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 going	aux
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 going	punct
16	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 states	ccomp
17	through	through	ADP	_	19 phase	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 phase	det
19	phase	phase	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 going	obl
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 going	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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		accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	state speech: other	present	a carer				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	go in a quote	present · progressive	a child		a phase		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through phase=Initial_Location

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 child is studying lunar cycles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 studying	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 studying	aux
4	studying	study	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	lunar	lunar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cycles	amod
6	cycles	cycle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 studying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study	present · progressive	the child	lunar cycles					vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cycle=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The child is exhibiting temporary undesirable behaviour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exhibiting	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 exhibiting	aux
4	exhibiting	exhibit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	temporary	temporary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 behaviour	amod
6	undesirable	undesirable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 behaviour	amod
7	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 exhibiting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhibit	present · progressive	the child	temporary undesirable behaviour					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent behaviour=Theme

Option 3

The child is transferring to another institution

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transferring	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 transferring	aux
4	transferring	transfer	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 institution	case
6	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	7 institution	det
7	institution	institution	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 transferring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transfer	present · progressive	the child		another institution				vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to institution=Recipient

Option 4

The child is undergoing rapid physical growth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undergoing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 undergoing	aux
4	undergoing	undergo	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	rapid	rapid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 growth	amod
6	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 growth	amod
7	growth	growth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undergoing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undergo	present · progressive	the child	rapid physical growth					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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