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title: Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning… — Soft words for hard things: death and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of "succumbed to his injuries" in a press report. Exam question 3 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 a
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# Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: death and dying

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Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of "succumbed to his injuries" in a press report.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, his · **What happens:** select, be, establish, succumb, mean, injure · **To what, where:** response, succumbed injuries, press report

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:e3:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with the established meaning of "succumbed to his injuries" in a press report.
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	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	succumbed	succumb	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	press	press	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with the established meaning of his succumbed injuries in a press report; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **succumb** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **mean** |  |  | his succumbed injuries in a press report |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **injure** *in a quote* |  | his *= he* |  |  | a press report |  |  | nom injury «state transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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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He died as a consequence of his injuries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:e3:o1:1
# text = He died as a consequence of his injuries
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | He |  |  |  |  | as a consequence of his injuries | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **injure** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom injury «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He declined medical treatment for his injuries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:e3:o2:1
# text = He declined medical treatment for his injuries
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	declined	decline	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	medical	medical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | past | He | medical treatment |  |  |  | for his injuries | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatment=Theme |
| 2 | **injure** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom injury «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He recovered fully from his injuries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:e3:o3:1
# text = He recovered fully from his injuries
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	recovered	recover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recover** | past | He |  |  | his injuries |  | fully *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from injury=Source |
| 2 | **injure** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom injury «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He sustained further injuries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:e3:o4:1
# text = He sustained further injuries
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	injuries	injury	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | past | He | further injuries |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent injury=Theme |

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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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