Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religio…

Whereas a public statement asserts that a performer has "gone into treatment", which of the following most accurately characterises the situation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: performer, treatment · What happens: assert, go, follow, characteris · To what, where: treatment, situation

This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religion and fate» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	4 statement	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 statement	det
3	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 statement	amod
4	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 asserts	obl
5	asserts	assert	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 gone	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 performer	det
8	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gone	nsubj
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 gone	aux
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 gone	punct
11	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 asserts	advcl
12	into	into	ADP	_	13 treatment	case
13	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gone	obl
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 treatment	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 characterises	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 characterises	nsubj
17	of	of	SCONJ	_	22 characterises	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 characterises	det
19	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	22 characterises	csubj
20	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	21 accurately	advmod
21	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	22 characterises	advmod
22	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 treatment	acl:relcl
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 situation	det
24	situation	situation	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 characterises	obj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 asserts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	assert	present				whereas a public statement	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	go in a quote	present · perfect	a performer		treatment		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into treatment=Initial_Location
3	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	characteris	present	treatment	the situation		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 · ✓ the right answer

The performer is receiving clinical assistance for an addiction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 performer	det
2	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 receiving	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 receiving	aux
4	receiving	receive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	clinical	clinical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 assistance	amod
6	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 receiving	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 addiction	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 addiction	det
9	addiction	addiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 assistance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present · progressive	the performer	clinical assistance				for a addiction	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assistance=Theme

Option 2

The performer has been admitted with a fractured limb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 performer	det
2	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 admitted	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 admitted	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 admitted	aux:pass
5	admitted	admit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 limb	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 limb	det
8	fractured	fracture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 limb	amod
9	limb	limb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 admitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present · perfect · passive		the performer				with a fractured limb	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fracture	participle							vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The performer has been granted a period of paid leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 performer	det
2	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 granted	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 granted	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 granted	aux:pass
5	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 period	det
7	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 granted	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 leave	case
9	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 leave	amod
10	leave	leave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 period	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	present · perfect · passive		the performer					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal period=Theme
2	pay	participle							vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The performer has undergone a cosmetic procedure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 performer	det
2	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undergone	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 undergone	aux
4	undergone	undergo	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 procedure	det
6	cosmetic	cosmetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 procedure	amod
7	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 undergone	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undergo	present · perfect · passive		the performer					tree rules

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