Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police

Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of "protective custody" within a prison.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish, mean · To what, where: response, protective custody

This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police» 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	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 meaning	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 meaning	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 meaning	amod
10	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 custody	case
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 custody	punct
13	protective	protective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 custody	amod
14	custody	custody	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meaning	nmod
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 custody	punct
16	within	within	ADP	_	18 prison	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 prison	det
18	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	within a prison	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established meaning of protective custody; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	mean			protective custody		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 right answer

The isolation of a prisoner for his own safety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 isolation	det
2	isolation	isolation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 prisoner	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 prisoner	det
5	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 isolation	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 safety	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 safety	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 safety	amod
9	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 isolation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	isolate			a prisoner				for his own safety	nom isolation «state transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 2

The placing of a prisoner in a recreation room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 placing	det
2	placing	placing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 prisoner	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 prisoner	det
5	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placing	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 room	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 room	det
8	recreation	recreation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 room	compound
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placing	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The confinement of the prison staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 confinement	det
2	confinement	confinement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 staff	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 staff	det
5	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 staff	compound
6	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confinement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine			the prison staff					nom confinement «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The early release of a prisoner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 release	det
2	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 release	amod
3	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 prisoner	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 prisoner	det
6	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 release	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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