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description: Ascertain the plain meaning of "internally displaced person" as employed in international reports. Exam question 4 of lesson 24 «Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 4 · Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin

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Ascertain the plain meaning of "internally displaced person" as employed in international reports.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, displace, employ, mean · **To what, where:** plain meaning, displaced person, international reports

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 24 «Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin» 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/24-government-spin/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the plain meaning of "internally displaced person" as employed in international reports.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	internally	internally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	displaced	displace	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	international	international	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	reports	report	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the plain meaning of displaced person |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic |
| 2 | **displace** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | internally *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **employ** | participle |  | displaced person *not said here* |  | international reports |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mean** |  |  | displaced person |  |  |  |  | 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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A person compelled to leave home who remains within his own country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:e4:o1:1
# text = A person compelled to leave home who remains within his own country
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result |
| 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **remain** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | within person's own country | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A person confined indoors by illness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:e4:o2:1
# text = A person confined indoors by illness
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	confined	confine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  |  |  | by illness; indoors *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A person employed within a government building

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:e4:o3:1
# text = A person employed within a government building
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  |  |  | within a government building | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A person who has emigrated voluntarily to a foreign land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:e4:o4:1
# text = A person who has emigrated voluntarily to a foreign land
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	emigrated	emigrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	voluntarily	voluntarily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emigrate** | present · perfect | a person |  |  | a foreign land |  | voluntarily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial\_Location |

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