Exam question 4 · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religio…

Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the phrase "for medicinal purposes" when uttered jocularly in respect of an alcoholic beverage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, utter, mean, respect · To what, where: response, respect, phrase, alcoholic beverage

This is exam question 4 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	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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 meaning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meaning	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 meaning	amod
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 phrase	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 phrase	det
11	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meaning	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 phrase	punct
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 purposes	case
14	medicinal	medicinal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 purposes	amod
15	purposes	purpose	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 phrase	nmod
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 purposes	punct
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 uttered	advmod
18	uttered	utter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 purposes	acl
19	jocularly	jocularly	ADV	_	18 uttered	advmod
20	in	in	ADP	_	21 respect	case
21	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 uttered	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	25 beverage	case
23	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 beverage	det
24	alcoholic	alcoholic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 beverage	amod
25	beverage	beverage	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 respect	nmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	utter speech: other	participle			respect of a alcoholic beverage	jocularly property	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
4	mean			the phrase for medicinal purposes			nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient
5	respect			a alcoholic beverage			nom respect «cognition 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 beverage has been prescribed by a physician

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beverage	det
2	beverage	beverage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prescribed	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 prescribed	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 prescribed	aux:pass
5	prescribed	prescribe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 physician	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 physician	det
8	physician	physician	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prescribed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prescribe	present · perfect · passive	a physician	the beverage					tree rules

Option 2

The beverage is intended exclusively for the treatment of a cough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beverage	det
2	beverage	beverage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 intended	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 intended	aux:pass
4	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 intended	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 treatment	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 treatment	det
8	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 intended	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 cough	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cough	det
11	cough	cough	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 treatment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	intend	present · passive		the beverage				for the treatment of a cough; exclusively property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
2	treat			a cough					nom treatment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The beverage is consumed for pleasure rather than for health

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beverage	det
2	beverage	beverage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consumed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consumed	aux:pass
4	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 pleasure	case
6	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consumed	obl
7	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	10 health	cc
8	than	than	ADP	_	7 rather	fixed
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 health	case
10	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pleasure	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · passive		the beverage				for pleasure rather health	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 4

The beverage possesses proven curative properties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beverage	det
2	beverage	beverage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proven	nsubj:pass
3	possesses	possess	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 proven	aux:pass
4	proven	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	curative	curative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 properties	amod
6	properties	property	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 proven	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present · passive		the beverage					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme property=Attribute

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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