--- title: It is given that a hospital record states that a patient "expired".… — Soft words for hard things: death and… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a hospital record states that a patient "expired". Ascertain what occurred. Exam question 2 of lesson 2 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/e2/) [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: death and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: death and dying It is given that a hospital record states that a patient "expired". Ascertain what occurred. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hospital record, you · **What happens:** give, state, ascertain, occur · **To what, where:** It, patient This is exam question 2 of lesson 2 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» 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/2-death-official-and-slang/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a hospital record states that a patient "expired". ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:e2:1 # text = It is given that a hospital record states that a patient "expired". 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 _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hospital hospital NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 record record NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 states state VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 expired expired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **state** *speech: other* | present | a hospital record | a patient | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent patient=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain what occurred. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:e2:2 # text = Ascertain what occurred. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 occurred occur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **occur** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} The patient's registration lapsed ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:e2:o1:1 # text = The patient's registration lapsed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 registration registration NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 lapsed lapse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lapse** | past | the patient's registration | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **register** | | the patient | | | | | | nom registration «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The patient left ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:e2:o2:1 # text = The patient left 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | participle | | the patient *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The patient died ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:e2:o3:1 # text = The patient died 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | past | the patient | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} The patient exhaled deeply ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:e2:o4:1 # text = The patient exhaled deeply 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 patient patient NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 exhaled exhale VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 deeply deeply ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exhale** | past | the patient | | | | | deeply *property* | vn exhale-40.1.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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