Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing

Where an official communiqué records "a frank exchange of views", identify the nature of the encounter so described.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: official communiqué records · What happens: identify, describe, exchange · To what, where: nature, encounter, views

This is exam question 1 of lesson 40 «Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing» 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	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 identify	advmod
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 records	det
3	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 records	amod
4	communiqué	communiqué	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 records	compound
5	records	record	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 identify	nsubj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 exchange	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 exchange	det
8	frank	frank	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 exchange	amod
9	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 records	appos
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 views	case
11	views	view	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 exchange	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 exchange	punct
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 exchange	punct
14	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 nature	det
16	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 identify	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 encounter	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 encounter	det
19	encounter	encounter	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 nature	nmod
20	so	so	ADV	_	21 described	advmod
21	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 encounter	acl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	infinitive	a official communiqué records	the nature of the encounter	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme
2	describe	participle		the encounter not said here	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	exchange in a quote			views	nom exchange «phenomenon 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 right answer

An acrimonious disagreement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 disagreement	det
2	acrimonious	acrimonious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 disagreement	amod
3	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

A meeting with a person named Frank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 meeting	det
2	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 person	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 meeting	nmod
6	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 person	acl
7	Frank	Frank	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 named	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	participle		a person not said here					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

An exchange of diplomatic gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 exchange	det
2	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 gifts	case
4	diplomatic	diplomatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gifts	amod
5	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 exchange	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exchange			diplomatic gifts					nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A cordial and harmonious meeting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 meeting	det
2	cordial	cordial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 meeting	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 harmonious	cc
4	harmonious	harmonious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cordial	conj
5	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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