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description: Identify the principal meaning conveyed when an educational institution in the United Kingdom is graded "requires improvement" pursuant to inspection. Exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers

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Identify the principal meaning conveyed when an educational institution in the United Kingdom is graded "requires improvement" pursuant to inspection.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, convey, grade, require · **To what, where:** principal meaning, educational institution, improvement · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal meaning conveyed when an educational institution in the United Kingdom is graded "requires improvement" pursuant to inspection.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	educational	educational	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	13	flat	_	_
13	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	graded	grade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	nsubj	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
18	improvement	improvement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
20	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	inspection	inspection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	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 principal meaning |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **convey** | participle |  | the principal meaning *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **grade** | present · passive |  | a educational institution in the United Kingdom |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **require** *in a quote* | present |  | improvement |  |  |  | to inspection | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme improvement=Precondition |

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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 institution's premises require repair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:e2:o1:1
# text = The institution's premises require repair
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	premises	premise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	require	require	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | the institution's premises | repair |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme repair=Precondition |
| 2 | **premise** |  | the institution |  |  |  |  |  | nom premise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The institution is to be expanded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:e2:o2:1
# text = The institution is to be expanded
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	expanded	expand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expand** | present · passive |  | the institution |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The institution is of poor quality

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:e2:o3:1
# text = The institution is of poor quality
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	quality	quality	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 institution |  |  |  |  | of poor quality | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The institution is of outstanding quality

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:16-school-reports:e2:o4:1
# text = The institution is of outstanding quality
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	outstanding	outstanding	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	quality	quality	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 institution |  |  |  |  | of outstanding quality | 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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