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title: Identify the meaning of an "enhanced pat-down" as conducted pursuant… — Soft words for hard things: crime, pri… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the meaning of an "enhanced pat-down" as conducted pursuant to airport security regulations. Exam question 2 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 dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police a…

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Identify the meaning of an "enhanced pat-down" as conducted pursuant to airport security regulations.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, enhance, conduct, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, enhanced pat down

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e2:1
# text = Identify the meaning of an "enhanced pat-down" as conducted pursuant to airport security regulations.
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	_	10	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	enhanced	enhance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
8	pat	pat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	down	down	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
14	pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	airport	airport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	security	security	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	regulations	regulation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 a enhanced pat down |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **enhance** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **conduct** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | pursuant *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mean** |  |  | a enhanced pat down |  |  |  |  | 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 thorough search of the body

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e2:o1:1
# text = A thorough search of the body
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	thorough	thorough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	search	search	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	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An expedited passage without inspection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e2:o2:1
# text = An expedited passage without inspection
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	expedited	expedite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	inspection	inspection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expedite** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A courteous pat upon the shoulder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e2:o3:1
# text = A courteous pat upon the shoulder
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	courteous	courteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pat	pat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A complimentary massage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e2:o4:1
# text = A complimentary massage
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	complimentary	complimentary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	massage	massage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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