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Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin

It is given that two governments have issued a communiqué describing "a full and frank exchange of views". Select the response consistent with customary diplomatic usage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: communiqué, you · What happens: give, issue, describe, exchange, select · To what, where: It, two governments, full exchange, views, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin» 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 two governments have issued a communiqué describing "a full and frank exchange of views".

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	_	8 issued	mark
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 governments	nummod
6	governments	government	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 issued	nsubj:pass
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 issued	aux
8	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 communiqué	det
10	communiqué	communiqué	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 issued	obj
11	describing	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 communiqué	acl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 exchange	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 exchange	det
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 exchange	amod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 frank	cc
16	frank	frank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 full	conj
17	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 describing	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 views	case
19	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 exchange	nmod
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 exchange	punct
21	.	.	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	issue	present · perfect · passive		two governments					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal communiqué=Theme
3	describe	gerund	a communiqué not said here	a full exchange of views					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	exchange in a quote			views					nom exchange «phenomenon 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.

Sentence 2: Select the response consistent with customary diplomatic usage.

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	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 usage	compound
7	diplomatic	diplomatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 usage	amod
8	usage	usage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The parties exchanged ceremonial gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parties	det
2	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exchanged	nsubj
3	exchanged	exchange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ceremonial	ceremonial	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gifts	compound
5	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exchanged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exchange	past	the parties	ceremonial gifts					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The parties disagreed substantially

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parties	det
2	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 disagreed	nsubj
3	disagreed	disagree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	substantially	substantially	ADV	_	3 disagreed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disagree	past	the parties					substantially property	vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The parties concluded a binding treaty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parties	det
2	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 concluded	nsubj
3	concluded	conclude	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 treaty	det
5	binding	binding	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 treaty	compound
6	treaty	treaty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 concluded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conclude	past	the parties	a binding treaty					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treaty=Theme

Option 4

The parties declined to meet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parties	det
2	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 declined	nsubj
3	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 meet	mark
5	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 declined	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decline	past	the parties						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not meet	to-infinitive	the parties not said here						vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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