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title: Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the o… — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the official expression "person experiencing homelessness". Exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty

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Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the official expression "person experiencing homelessness".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, experience, mean · **To what, where:** response, official expression

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Soft words for hard things: 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/19-money-and-poverty/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the official expression "person experiencing homelessness".
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	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	experiencing	experience	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	16	amod	_	_
16	homelessness	homelessness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 | **experience** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **mean** |  |  | the official expression |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person on holiday away from home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:e3:o1:1
# text = A person on holiday away from home
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A person engaged in the construction of dwellings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:e3:o2:1
# text = A person engaged in the construction of dwellings
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	construction	construction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  |  |  | in the construction of dwellings *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in construction=Goal |
| 2 | **construct** |  |  | dwellings |  |  |  |  | nom construction «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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A person without a home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:e3:o3:1
# text = A person without a home
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A person in the process of relocating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:e3:o4:1
# text = A person in the process of relocating
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	process	process	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	relocating	relocate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** | gerund | the process *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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