Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, fi…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a company announcement that a senior executive is departing "to pursue other opportunities".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, senior executive · What happens: select, establish, concern, depart, pursue · To what, where: response, company announcement, other opportunities · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 20 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, firing and the economy» 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	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 announcement	det
11	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 announcement	compound
12	announcement	announcement	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 departing	mark
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 executive	det
15	senior	senior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 executive	amod
16	executive	executive	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 departing	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 departing	aux
18	departing	depart	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 concerning	advcl
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 pursue	punct
20	to	to	PART	_	21 pursue	mark
21	pursue	pursue	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	18 departing	parataxis
22	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 opportunities	amod
23	opportunities	opportunity	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 pursue	obj
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 pursue	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a company announcement		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus announcement=Experiencer
4	depart	present · progressive	a senior executive			tree rules
5	pursue in a quote	to-infinitive		other opportunities		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent opportunity=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The executive has received an award

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 executive	det
2	executive	executive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 received	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 received	aux
4	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 award	det
6	award	award	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 received	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present · perfect	the executive	a award					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent award=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The executive has in all likelihood been dismissed or compelled to resign

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 executive	det
2	executive	executive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	SCONJ	_	8 dismissed	mark
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 dismissed	nsubj:pass
6	likelihood	likelihood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dismissed	nsubj:pass
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 dismissed	aux:pass
8	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 has	ccomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 compelled	cc
10	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 dismissed	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 resign	mark
12	resign	resign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 compelled	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	present	the executive		tree rules
2	dismiss	participle · passive		all	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	compel	participle			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result
4	resign	to-infinitive			vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The executive has commenced a course of study for personal enjoyment and leisure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 executive	det
2	executive	executive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 commenced	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 commenced	aux
4	commenced	commence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 course	det
6	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 commenced	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 study	case
8	study	study	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 course	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 enjoyment	case
10	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 enjoyment	amod
11	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 commenced	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 leisure	cc
13	leisure	leisure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 enjoyment	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	present · perfect	the executive	a course of study				for personal enjoyment and leisure	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Eventuality

Option 4

The executive has retired with substantial wealth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 executive	det
2	executive	executive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 retired	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 retired	aux
4	retired	retire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 wealth	case
6	substantial	substantial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wealth	amod
7	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 retired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retire	present · perfect	the executive					with substantial wealth	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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