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description: Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed when a carer states that a child is "going through a phase". Exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family and children's behaviour» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: relations and family and child…

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Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed when a carer states that a child is "going through a phase".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, carer, child · **What happens:** identify, convey, state, go · **To what, where:** meaning, phase · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Soft words for hard things: relations and family and children's behaviour» 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/14-family-and-behaviour/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:e1:1
# text = Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed when a carer states that a child is "going through a phase".
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:relcl	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	carer	carer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	ccomp	_	_
17	through	through	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	phase	phase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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* |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | present | a carer |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | a child |  |  | a phase |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through phase=Initial\_Location |

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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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The child is studying lunar cycles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:e1:o1:1
# text = The child is studying lunar cycles
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	studying	study	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	lunar	lunar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cycles	cycle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present · progressive | the child | lunar cycles |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cycle=Topic |

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

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The child is exhibiting temporary undesirable behaviour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:e1:o2:1
# text = The child is exhibiting temporary undesirable behaviour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	exhibiting	exhibit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	temporary	temporary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	undesirable	undesirable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exhibit** | present · progressive | the child | temporary undesirable behaviour |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent behaviour=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The child is transferring to another institution

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:e1:o3:1
# text = The child is transferring to another institution
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	transferring	transfer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transfer** | present · progressive | the child |  | another institution |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to institution=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The child is undergoing rapid physical growth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:e1:o4:1
# text = The child is undergoing rapid physical growth
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	undergoing	undergo	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	rapid	rapid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undergo** | present · progressive | the child | rapid physical growth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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