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description: Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the designation "economically disadvantaged" as applied to a household. Exam question 3 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 depende
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# Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and…

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Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the designation "economically disadvantaged" as applied to a household.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, apply, mean · **To what, where:** response, designation

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the designation "economically disadvantaged" as applied to a household.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	economically	economically	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	disadvantaged	disadvantaged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **apply** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a household | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mean** |  |  | the designation |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The household is poor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e3:o1:1
# text = The household is poor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	poor	poor	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 household |  |  |  |  | poor *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The household operates a commercial enterprise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e3:o2:1
# text = The household operates a commercial enterprise
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	operates	operate	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	commercial	commercial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	enterprise	enterprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **operate** | present | the household | a commercial enterprise |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Theme enterprise=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The household resides overseas

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e3:o3:1
# text = The household resides overseas
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	resides	reside	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	overseas	overseas	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reside** | present | the household |  |  |  |  | overseas *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The household lacks knowledge of economics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e3:o4:1
# text = The household lacks knowledge of economics
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lacks	lack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	economics	economics	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** | present | the household | knowledge of economics |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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