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title: Identify the meaning of "the final solution" as employed by the Nati… — Soft words for hard things: war, the m… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the meaning of "the final solution" as employed by the National Socialist regime. Exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence

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Identify the meaning of "the final solution" as employed by the National Socialist regime.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, employ, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, final solution

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 26 «Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence» 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/26-war-and-the-military/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:e2:1
# text = Identify the meaning of "the final solution" as employed by the National Socialist regime.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	solution	solution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	National	National	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	Socialist	socialist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	regime	regime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of the final solution |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **employ** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the National Socialist regime | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | the final solution |  |  |  |  | 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}

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The concluding treaty of the war

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:e2:o1:1
# text = The concluding treaty of the war
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	concluding	conclude	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	treaty	treaty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The reconstruction of German cities

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:e2:o2:1
# text = The reconstruction of German cities
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reconstruction	reconstruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	German	German	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The final examination of officers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:e2:o3:1
# text = The final examination of officers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	officers	officer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **examine** |  |  | officers |  |  |  |  | nom examination «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The plan to murder all the Jews of Europe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:e2:o4:1
# text = The plan to murder all the Jews of Europe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	murder	murder	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Jews	Jew	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **murder** | to-infinitive |  | all Jews of Europe |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jew=Patient |

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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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