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title: Select the response consistent with the established usage of the phr… — Soft words for hard things: relations… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established usage of the phrase "living in sin" in former times. Exam question 3 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 pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: relations and family

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Select the response consistent with the established usage of the phrase "living in sin" in former times.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, phrase · **What happens:** select, establish, live, use · **To what, where:** response, sin, phrase

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established usage of the phrase "living in sin" in former times.
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	usage	usage	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	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	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 | **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 | **live** *in a quote* | gerund | the phrase *not said here* |  |  | sin | time |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sin=Location |
| 4 | **use** |  |  | the phrase |  |  |  |  | nom usage «act 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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Residence in a disreputable district of a town or city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:e3:o1:1
# text = Residence in a disreputable district of a town or city
1	Residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	disreputable	disreputable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	district	district	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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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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Cohabitation without the solemnisation of marriage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:e3:o2:1
# text = Cohabitation without the solemnisation of marriage
1	Cohabitation	cohabitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	without	without	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	solemnisation	solemnisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **solemnise** |  |  | marriage |  |  |  |  | nom solemnisation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Habitual misbehaviour of children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:e3:o3:1
# text = Habitual misbehaviour of children
1	Habitual	habitual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	misbehaviour	misbehaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Conduct in breach of criminal law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:13-relations-and-family:e3:o4:1
# text = Conduct in breach of criminal law
1	Conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	breach	breach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	criminal	criminal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** |  |  | criminal law |  | breach |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: in=place of=patient |

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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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