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description: It is given that a churchyard is described as the "final resting place" of a certain individual. Determine what is thereby asserted. Exam question 2 of lesson 1 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: death and dying

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It is given that a churchyard is described as the "final resting place" of a certain individual. Determine what is thereby asserted.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, describe, determine, assert · **To what, where:** It, churchyard

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/1-death-polite-and-joking/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a churchyard is described as the "final resting place" of a certain individual.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:e2:1
# text = It is given that a churchyard is described as the "final resting place" of a certain individual.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	churchyard	churchyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	resting	resting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 churchyard |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine what is thereby asserted.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:e2:2
# text = Determine what is thereby asserted.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	asserted	assert	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **assert** | present · passive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The individual is buried there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:e2:o1:1
# text = The individual is buried there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bury** | present · passive |  | the individual |  | there |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The individual worked there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:e2:o2:1
# text = The individual worked there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | past | the individual |  |  | there |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The individual last resided there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:e2:o3:1
# text = The individual last resided there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	individual	individual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	last	last	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	resided	reside	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reside** | past | the individual last |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The individual habitually slept there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:1-death-polite-and-joking:e2:o4:1
# text = The individual habitually slept there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	individual	individual	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	habitually	habitually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | past | the individual |  |  | there |  | habitually *property* | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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