--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Soft words for hard things: crime, pri… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "irregularities" as employed in an official audit? Exam question 1 of lesson 28 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police and lying and honesty» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/e1/) [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: crime, pri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police a… Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "irregularities" as employed in an official audit? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, employ · **To what, where:** term, official audit This is exam question 1 of lesson 28 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police and lying and honesty» 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/28-stealing-and-lying/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "irregularities" as employed in an official audit? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 irregularities irregularity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 official official ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 audit audit NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the term | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **employ** | participle | | | | a official audit | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} It denotes pages bound out of sequence ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e1:o1:1 # text = It denotes pages bound out of sequence 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sequence sequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | pages | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot page=Topic | | 2 | **bind** | participle | | pages *not said here* | | sequence | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It denotes fraud or wrongdoing ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e1:o2:1 # text = It denotes fraud or wrongdoing 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 fraud fraud NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 wrongdoing wrongdoing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | fraud or wrongdoing | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fraud=Topic | ### Option 3 {#o3} It denotes figures printed in uneven columns ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e1:o3:1 # text = It denotes figures printed in uneven columns 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 printed print VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 uneven uneven ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 columns column NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | figures | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot figure=Topic | | 2 | **print** | participle | | figures *not said here* | | uneven columns | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in column=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} It denotes untidy handwriting ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e1:o4:1 # text = It denotes untidy handwriting 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 untidy untidy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 handwriting handwriting NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **denote** | present | It | untidy handwriting | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot handwriting=Topic | **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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