Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy a…

Identify the principal meaning of the descriptor "deceptively spacious" as employed in the particulars of a residential property.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, employ, mean · To what, where: principal meaning, particulars, descriptor

This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy and business and advertising» 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	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 descriptor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 descriptor	det
7	descriptor	descriptor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meaning	nmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 spacious	punct
9	deceptively	deceptively	ADV	_	10 spacious	advmod
10	spacious	spacious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 descriptor	appos
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 spacious	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 employed	mark
13	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 particulars	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 particulars	det
16	particulars	particular	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 employed	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 property	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 property	det
19	residential	residential	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 property	amod
20	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 particulars	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal meaning of the descriptor		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme
2	employ	participle	you not said here		the particulars of a residential property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	mean			the descriptor		nom meaning «communication 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

The accommodation possesses elevated ceilings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accommodation	det
2	accommodation	accommodation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 possesses	nsubj
3	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	elevated	elevate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 ceilings	amod
5	ceilings	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 possesses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	the accommodation	elevated ceilings					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot ceiling=Theme
2	elevate	participle							vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The accommodation contains concealed chambers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accommodation	det
2	accommodation	accommodation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 contains	nsubj
3	contains	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 chambers	amod
5	chambers	chamber	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 contains	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	contain	present	the accommodation	concealed chambers					vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot chamber=Theme
2	conceal	participle							vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The accommodation is of limited dimensions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accommodation	det
2	accommodation	accommodation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dimensions	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dimensions	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 dimensions	case
5	limited	limited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dimensions	amod
6	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the accommodation					of limited dimensions	tree rules

Option 4

The accommodation is of exceptional dimensions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 accommodation	det
2	accommodation	accommodation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dimensions	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dimensions	cop
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 dimensions	case
5	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dimensions	amod
6	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the accommodation					of exceptional dimensions	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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