Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness

Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "eccentric" when applied to a person.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, apply, mean · To what, where: response, term

This is exam question 3 of lesson 36 «Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness» 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 term	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 term	det
11	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meaning	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 eccentric	punct
13	eccentric	eccentric	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 term	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 eccentric	punct
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 applied	advmod
16	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Select	advcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 person	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 person	det
19	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 applied	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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	apply	participle	you not said here		to a person	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	mean			the term		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

Wealthy and of high social standing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 standing	cc
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 standing	case
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 standing	amod
5	social	social	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 standing	amod
6	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wealthy	conj

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Unconventional or odd in a harmless manner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unconventional	unconventional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 odd	cc
3	odd	odd	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Unconventional	conj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 manner	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 manner	det
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 manner	amod
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Unconventional	obl

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

Option 3

Criminal or dangerous to the public

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Criminal	criminal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 dangerous	cc
3	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Criminal	conj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 public	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 public	det
6	public	public	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dangerous	obl

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

Option 4

Unwell and in need of treatment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Unwell	unwell	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 need	cc
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 need	case
4	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Unwell	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 treatment	case
6	treatment	treatment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need			treatment					nom need «state transitive»: of=patient

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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