Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and…
It is given that a quantity of wild deer has been "culled" pursuant to a management plan. Identify the principal meaning of the term.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, cull, identify, mean · To what, where: It, quantity, principal meaning, term
This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty» 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 given that a quantity of wild deer has been "culled" pursuant to a management plan.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 culled | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 quantity | det |
| 6 | quantity | quantity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 culled | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 deer | case |
| 8 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 deer | amod |
| 9 | deer | deer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 quantity | nmod |
| 10 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 culled | aux |
| 11 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 culled | aux:pass |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 culled | punct |
| 13 | culled | cull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 culled | punct |
| 15 | pursuant | pursuant | ADV | _ | 19 plan | advmod |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 plan | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 plan | det |
| 18 | management | management | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 plan | compound |
| 19 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 culled | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | cull in a quote | present · perfect · passive | a quantity of wild deer | to a management plan | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
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: Identify the principal meaning of the term.
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 | 4 meaning | det |
| 3 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 meaning | amod |
| 4 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 term | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 term | det |
| 7 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 meaning | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the principal meaning of the term | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme | ||||
| 2 | mean | the term | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |
The options
Option 1
The animals were relocated to a reserve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 animals | det |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 relocated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 relocated | aux:pass |
| 4 | relocated | relocate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 reserve | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 reserve | det |
| 7 | reserve | reserve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 relocated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | relocate | past · passive | the animals | to a reserve | tree rules |
Option 2
The animals were provided with winter feed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 animals | det |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 provided | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 provided | aux:pass |
| 4 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 feed | case |
| 6 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 feed | compound |
| 7 | feed | feed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 provided | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | provide | past · passive | the animals | with winter feed | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with feed=Theme |
Option 3
The animals were enumerated
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 animals | det |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 enumerated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 enumerated | aux:pass |
| 4 | enumerated | enumerate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enumerate | past · passive | the animals | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The animals were killed to reduce their number
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 animals | det |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 killed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 killed | aux:pass |
| 4 | killed | kill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 reduce | mark |
| 6 | reduce | reduce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 killed | advcl |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 number | nmod:poss |
| 8 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 reduce | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | past · passive | the animals | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | reduce | to-infinitive | animals's number | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer number=Patient |
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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