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Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs

It is given that a gentleman is described as "in his cups". Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of that expression.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: give, describe, select, be, establish, mean · To what, where: It, gentleman, response, expression

This is exam question 3 of lesson 30 «Soft words for hard things: 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 gentleman is described as "in his cups".

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 described	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gentleman	det
6	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 described	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 described	aux:pass
8	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	as	as	ADP	_	13 cups	case
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 cups	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 cups	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 cups	nmod:poss
13	cups	cup	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 described	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 cups	punct
15	.	.	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 gentleman				as gentleman's cups	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as cup=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 meaning of that expression.

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	_	13 expression	case
12	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 expression	det
13	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 meaning	nmod
14	.	.	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 meaning of that expression; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	mean			that expression					nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He is collecting cups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 collecting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 collecting	aux
3	collecting	collect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	cups	cup	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 collecting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	present · progressive	He	cups					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He is drunk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drunk	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drunk	cop
3	drunk	drunk	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					drunk property	tree rules

Option 3

He is washing dishes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 washing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 washing	aux
3	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 washing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	present · progressive	He	dishes					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Patient

Option 4

He has won trophies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 won	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 won	aux
3	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	trophies	trophy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 won	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present · perfect	He	trophies					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trophy=Eventuality

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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