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title: Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the expression "sig… — Soft words for hard things: relations… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the expression "significant other" as employed in formal American correspondence. Exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: relations and family

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Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the expression "significant other" as employed in formal American correspondence.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, convey, employ · **To what, where:** meaning, formal American correspondence

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family» 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/13-relations-and-family/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:e1:1
# text = Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the expression "significant other" as employed in formal American correspondence.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	significant	significant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **convey** | participle |  | the meaning *not said here* |  |  |  | by the expression; accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **employ** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | formal American correspondence |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: 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 person of considerable public importance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:e1:o1:1
# text = A person of considerable public importance
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	importance	importance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A person's romantic partner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:e1:o2:1
# text = A person's romantic partner
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	romantic	romantic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	partner	partner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A person's eldest son or daughter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:e1:o3:1
# text = A person's eldest son or daughter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A person's principal business associate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:e1:o4:1
# text = A person's principal business associate
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	associate	associate	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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