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Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight

It is given that a resident of a United States facility is described as being in "assisted living". Ascertain the nature of the facility.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, describe, assist, be, ascertain · To what, where: It, resident, nature

This is exam question 2 of lesson 9 «Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight» 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 resident of a United States facility is described as being in "assisted living".

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	_	13 described	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 resident	det
6	resident	resident	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 described	nsubj:pass
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 facility	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 facility	det
9	United	United	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 States	amod
10	States	State	PROPN	Number=Plur	11 facility	compound
11	facility	facility	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 resident	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 described	aux:pass
13	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
14	as	as	ADP	_	19 living	case
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 living	cop
16	in	in	ADP	_	19 living	case
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 living	punct
18	assisted	assist	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 living	amod
19	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 described	obl
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 living	punct
21	.	.	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 resident of a States facility					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
3	assist in a quote	participle							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
4	is in a quote	gerund						as assisted living	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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain the nature of the facility.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 facility	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 facility	det
6	facility	facility	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nature	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the nature of the facility					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A hostel for travelling workers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hostel	det
2	hostel	hostel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	SCONJ	_	4 travelling	mark
4	travelling	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 hostel	acl
5	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 travelling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	gerund	a hostel not said here	workers					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme worker=Trajectory

Option 2

A hospital ward for acute illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ward	det
2	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ward	compound
3	ward	ward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 illness	case
5	acute	acute	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 illness	amod
6	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ward	nmod

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

Option 3

A shared dwelling for students attending a nearby university

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dwelling	det
2	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 dwelling	aux
3	dwelling	dwell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 students	case
5	students	student	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dwelling	obl
6	attending	attend	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 students	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 university	det
8	nearby	nearby	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 university	amod
9	university	university	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 attending	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwell	participle						for students	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	attend	gerund	students not said here	a nearby university					vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme university=Goal

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A residence in which elderly persons receive help with daily tasks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 residence	det
2	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 receive	obl
5	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 persons	amod
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 receive	nsubj
7	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 residence	acl:relcl
8	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 receive	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 tasks	case
10	daily	daily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tasks	amod
11	tasks	task	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 receive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	elderly persons	help		a residence		with daily tasks	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent help=Theme in which=Location

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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