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title: Select the response consistent with the established usage of the ter… — Soft words for hard things: relations… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "time out" in respect of the discipline of young children. Exam question 2 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 depend
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# Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: relations and family and child…

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Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "time out" in respect of the discipline of young children.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, use, respect, discipline · **To what, where:** response, term, discipline, young children

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:e2:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established usage of the term "time out" in respect of the discipline of young children.
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	1	xcomp	_	_
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	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	discipline	discipline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 |  |  |  | consistent *property* | 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 | **use** |  |  | the term |  |  |  |  | nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | the discipline of young children |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **discipline** |  |  | young children |  |  |  |  | nom discipline «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A brief period of enforced solitude as a sanction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:e2:o1:1
# text = A brief period of enforced solitude as a sanction
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brief	brief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	enforced	enforce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	solitude	solitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sanction	sanction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enforce** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An interval of recreation out of doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:e2:o2:1
# text = An interval of recreation out of doors
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	recreation	recreation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 cessation of timekeeping during a game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:e2:o3:1
# text = A cessation of timekeeping during a game
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	timekeeping	timekeeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** |  |  | timekeeping |  |  | during a game |  | nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient during=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An early dismissal from school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:14-family-and-behaviour:e2:o4:1
# text = An early dismissal from school
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dismissal	dismissal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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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