--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an a… — Soft words for hard things: school rep… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an animal described in an official notice as having been "humanely destroyed"? Exam question 1 of lesson 17 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers and animals and pets» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: school rep…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/17-school-and-pets/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers an… Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an animal described in an official notice as having been "humanely destroyed"? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, describe, destroy · **To what, where:** animal, official notice This is exam question 1 of lesson 17 «Soft words for hard things: school reports and teachers and animals and pets» 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/17-school-and-pets/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an animal described in an official notice as having been "humanely destroyed"? 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 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 animal animal 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 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 official official ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 humanely humanely ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 animal | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **describe** | participle | | a animal *not said here* | | a official notice | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **destroy** *in a quote* | gerund · perfect · passive | | | | | | humanely *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP» | 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 {#o1} The animal was rehoused with a family ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:e1:o1:1 # text = The animal was rehoused with a family 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 rehoused rehouse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rehouse** | past · passive | | the animal | | | | with a family | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The animal was given medical treatment ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:e1:o2:1 # text = The animal was given medical treatment 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 medical medical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 treatment treatment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | | the animal | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient treatment=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The animal was killed ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:e1:o3:1 # text = The animal was killed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past · passive | | the animal | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The animal was released into the wild ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:17-school-and-pets:e1:o4:1 # text = The animal was released into the wild 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **release** | past · passive | | the animal | | the wild | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | **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. 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