--- title: Whereas a local authority engages "pest control" in respect of a rod… — Soft words for hard things: animals an… · tree and pragmatics description: Whereas a local authority engages "pest control" in respect of a rodent infestation, determine the action thereby undertaken. Exam question 4 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 dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/e4/) [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: animals an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and… Whereas a local authority engages "pest control" in respect of a rodent infestation, determine the action thereby undertaken. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** engage, determine, respect · **To what, where:** pest control, respect, action, rodent infestation This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e4:1 # text = Whereas a local authority engages "pest control" in respect of a rodent infestation, determine the action thereby undertaken. 1 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 5 engages engage VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 pest pest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 control control NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 rodent rodent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 infestation infestation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 undertaken undertaken ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **engage** | present | | pest control | | | | in respect of a rodent infestation *goal*; whereas a local authority | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent control=Theme in respect=Goal | | 2 | **determine** | infinitive | | the action | | | | undertaken *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Topic | | 3 | **respect** | | | a rodent infestation | | | | | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} The rodents are killed ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e4:o1:1 # text = The rodents are killed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rodents rodent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|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** | present · passive | | the rodents | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The rodents are enumerated ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e4:o2:1 # text = The rodents are enumerated 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rodents rodent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 enumerated enumerate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enumerate** | present · passive | | the rodents | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The rodents are provided with food ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e4:o3:1 # text = The rodents are provided with food 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rodents rodent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **provide** | present · passive | | the rodents | | | | with food | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with food=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The rodents are relocated to parkland ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:e4:o4:1 # text = The rodents are relocated to parkland 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rodents rodent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 relocated relocate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 parkland parkland NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **relocate** | present · passive | | the rodents | | | | to parkland | tree rules | **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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