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description: Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the remark in a school report that a pupil "has a lot of energy". Exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and schoo…

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Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the remark in a school report that a pupil "has a lot of energy".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pupil · **What happens:** identify, convey, have · **To what, where:** meaning, school report

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Soft words for hard things: children's behaviour and school reports and teachers» 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/15-behaviour-and-school-reports/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:e1:1
# text = Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the remark in a school report that a pupil "has a lot of energy".
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	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	obj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 remark in a school report; accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | a pupil | a school report |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 pupil is in excellent physical health

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:e1:o1:1
# text = The pupil is in excellent physical health
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	excellent	excellent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the pupil |  |  | excellent physical health |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The pupil consumes a nutritious diet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:e1:o2:1
# text = The pupil consumes a nutritious diet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	consumes	consume	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	nutritious	nutritious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present | the pupil | a nutritious diet |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diet=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pupil excels in athletic competition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:e1:o3:1
# text = The pupil excels in athletic competition
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	excels	excel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	athletic	athletic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	competition	competition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **excel** | present | the pupil |  |  | athletic competition |  |  | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in competition=Eventuality |

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

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The pupil experiences difficulty in remaining seated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:15-behaviour-and-school-reports:e1:o4:1
# text = The pupil experiences difficulty in remaining seated
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	experiences	experience	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
7	seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **experience** | present | the pupil | difficulty |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer difficulty=Stimulus |
| 2 | **remain** | gerund | the pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **seat** | participle | the pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |

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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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