Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking…
It is given that a guest at a festive gathering is described as "merry". Select the response that is consistent with the established British usage.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: give, describe, select, be, establish · To what, where: It, guest, response
This is exam question 3 of lesson 29 «Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking and drugs» 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 a guest at a festive gathering is described as "merry".
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 | _ | 12 described | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 guest | det |
| 6 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 described | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 gathering | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 gathering | det |
| 9 | festive | festive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 gathering | amod |
| 10 | gathering | gathering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 guest | nmod |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 described | aux:pass |
| 12 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 13 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 merry | case |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 merry | punct |
| 15 | merry | merry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 described | obl |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 merry | punct |
| 17 | . | . | 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 | describe | present · passive | a guest at a festive gathering | as merry | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as merry=Attribute |
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 that is consistent with the established British 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 | 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 | _ | 11 usage | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 usage | det |
| 9 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 usage | amod |
| 10 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 usage | amod |
| 11 | usage | usage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 consistent | obl |
| 12 | . | . | 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 | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the response | with the established British usage; consistent property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | establish | participle | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The guest is slightly drunk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 guest | det |
| 2 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drunk | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 drunk | cop |
| 4 | slightly | slightly | ADV | _ | 5 drunk | advmod |
| 5 | drunk | drunk | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the guest | drunk, slightly property | tree rules |
Option 2
The guest is greatly distressed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 guest | det |
| 2 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 distressed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 distressed | aux:pass |
| 4 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 5 distressed | advmod |
| 5 | distressed | distress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | distress | present · passive | the guest | greatly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Option 3
The guest is about to be married
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 guest | det |
| 2 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 about | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 about | cop |
| 4 | about | about | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 married | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 married | aux:pass |
| 7 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 about | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the guest | about property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | marry | to-infinitive · passive | the guest not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» |
Option 4
The guest is singing hymns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 guest | det |
| 2 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 singing | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 singing | aux |
| 4 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | hymns | hymn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 singing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present · progressive | the guest | hymns | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hymn=Theme |
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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