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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a pupil described in a written report as "not working to her full potential"? Exam question 1 of lesson 16 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a pupil described in a written report as "not working to her full potential"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, describe, write, not work · **To what, where:** pupil, written report

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 16 «Soft words for hard things: 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/16-school-reports/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a pupil described in a written report as "not working to her full potential"?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
19	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
22	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	potential	potential	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a pupil |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  | a pupil *not said here* |  | a written report |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **not** **work** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to pupil's full potential | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: 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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The pupil has attained the maximum standard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:e1:o1:1
# text = The pupil has attained the maximum standard
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	maximum	maximum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	standard	standard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | present · perfect · passive |  | the pupil |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary standard=Theme |

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

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The pupil is insufficiently diligent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:e1:o2:1
# text = The pupil is insufficiently diligent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	insufficiently	insufficiently	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	diligent	diligent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pupil is unwell and absent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:e1:o3:1
# text = The pupil is unwell and absent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unwell	unwell	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	absent	absent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the pupil |  |  |  |  | unwell *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the pupil *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The pupil has exceeded all expectations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:e1:o4:1
# text = The pupil has exceeded all expectations
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	exceeded	exceed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	expectations	expectation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exceed** | present · perfect · passive |  | the pupil |  |  |  |  | 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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