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title: Whereas a retailer in the United States classifies garments for boys… — Soft words for hard things: weight and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a retailer in the United States classifies garments for boys as "husky", determine which of the following most accurately characterises the said classification. Exam question 4 of lesson 10 «Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primar
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# Exam question 4 · Soft words for hard things: weight and pregnancy and birth

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Whereas a retailer in the United States classifies garments for boys as "husky", determine which of the following most accurately characterises the said classification.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** retailer, you · **What happens:** classify, determine, follow, characteris, say · **To what, where:** garments, said classification · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:e4:1
# text = Whereas a retailer in the United States classifies garments for boys as "husky", determine which of the following most accurately characterises the said classification.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	retailer	retailer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	classifies	classify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
9	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	husky	husky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	ccomp	_	_
22	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	23	advmod	_	_
23	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	advcl	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	amod	_	_
27	classification	classification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **classify** | present | a retailer in the United States | garments |  |  |  | for boys; as husky | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent garment=Theme as husky=Attribute |
| 2 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **characteris** | present |  | the said classification |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 style for outdoor sport

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:e4:o1:1
# text = A style for outdoor sport
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	outdoor	outdoor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sport	sport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A range for winter weather

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:e4:o2:1
# text = A range for winter weather
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A collection featuring dog motifs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:e4:o3:1
# text = A collection featuring dog motifs
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	featuring	feature	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	motifs	motif	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feature** | gerund | a collection *not said here* | dog motifs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A size for large or heavy boys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:10-weight-and-babies:e4:o4:1
# text = A size for large or heavy boys
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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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