Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression "ethnic cleansing"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: expression

This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 expression	det
10	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 cleansing	punct
12	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cleansing	amod
13	cleansing	cleansing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 expression	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 cleansing	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the expression				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

It denotes the sanitation of public streets and squares by municipal authorities

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sanitation	det
4	sanitation	sanitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 streets	case
6	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 streets	amod
7	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sanitation	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 squares	cc
9	squares	square	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 streets	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 authorities	case
11	municipal	municipal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 authorities	amod
12	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the sanitation of public streets and squares				by municipal authorities	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sanitation=Topic
2	sanitate			public streets and squares					nom sanitation «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It denotes instruction in personal hygiene

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hygiene	case
5	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hygiene	amod
6	hygiene	hygiene	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	instruction				in personal hygiene	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot instruction=Theme in hygiene=Attribute

Option 3

It denotes the restoration of ancient buildings

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 restoration	det
4	restoration	restoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 buildings	case
6	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 buildings	amod
7	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 restoration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the restoration of ancient buildings					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot restoration=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes the expulsion or killing of an entire ethnic group from a territory

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	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 expulsion	det
4	expulsion	expulsion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 killing	cc
6	killing	killing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expulsion	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 group	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 group	det
9	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 group	amod
10	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 group	amod
11	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 killing	nmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 territory	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 territory	det
14	territory	territory	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the expulsion or killing of a entire ethnic group		a territory			vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot expulsion=Topic
2	kill			a entire ethnic group					nom killing «event transitive»: of=patient

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