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title: It is given that a quantity of wild deer has been "culled" pursuant… — Soft words for hard things: animals an… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a quantity of wild deer has been "culled" pursuant to a management plan. Identify the principal meaning of the term. Exam question 2 of lesson 18 «Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and…

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It is given that a quantity of wild deer has been "culled" pursuant to a management plan. Identify the principal meaning of the term.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, cull, identify, mean · **To what, where:** It, quantity, principal meaning, term

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 18 «Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty» 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/18-pets-and-money/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a quantity of wild deer has been "culled" pursuant to a management plan.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e2:1
# text = It is given that a quantity of wild deer has been "culled" pursuant to a management plan.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	culled	cull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	management	management	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **cull** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive |  | a quantity of wild deer |  |  |  | to a management plan | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Identify the principal meaning of the term.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e2:2
# text = Identify the principal meaning of the term.
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	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	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 of the term |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** |  |  | the term |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The animals were relocated to a reserve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e2:o1:1
# text = The animals were relocated to a reserve
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	relocated	relocate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	reserve	reserve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** | past · passive |  | the animals |  |  |  | to a reserve | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The animals were provided with winter feed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e2:o2:1
# text = The animals were provided with winter feed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	provided	provide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	feed	feed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | past · passive |  | the animals |  |  |  | with winter feed | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with feed=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The animals were enumerated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e2:o3:1
# text = The animals were enumerated
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	enumerated	enumerate	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 | **enumerate** | past · passive |  | the animals |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The animals were killed to reduce their number

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e2:o4:1
# text = The animals were killed to reduce their number
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	reduce	reduce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · passive |  | the animals |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **reduce** | to-infinitive |  | animals's number |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer number=Patient |

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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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