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title: Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the p… — Soft words for hard things: weight and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the phrase "a happy event" in British usage. Exam question 3 of lesson 10 «Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth

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Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the phrase "a happy event" in British usage.

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 10 «Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth» 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/10-weight-and-babies/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the phrase "a happy event" in British usage.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	usage	usage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | **mean** |  |  | the phrase |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A birthday celebration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:e3:o1:1
# text = A birthday celebration
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A successful examination

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:e3:o2:1
# text = A successful examination
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	successful	successful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The birth of a baby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:e3:o3:1
# text = The birth of a baby
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A wedding ceremony

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:e3:o4:1
# text = A wedding ceremony
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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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