--- title: It is given that a witness states that he "misremembered" an event.… — Soft words for hard things: crime, pri… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a witness states that he "misremembered" an event. Select the response that is consistent with the established usage of that term. 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Select the response that is consistent with the established usage of that term. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** witness, you, response · **What happens:** give, state, misremember, select, be, establish · **To what, where:** It, event, response, term · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a witness states that he "misremembered" an event. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e3:1 # text = It is given that a witness states that he "misremembered" an event. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 witness witness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 states state VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 misremembered misremember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present | a witness | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **misremember** *in a quote* | past | witness | a event | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Select the response that is consistent with the established usage of that term. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e3:2 # text = Select the response that is consistent with the established usage of that term. 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 usage usage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 usage of that term; consistent *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **use** | | | that term | | | | | nom usage «act transitive»: of=patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He recalled it with perfect accuracy ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e3:o1:1 # text = He recalled it with perfect accuracy 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 recalled recall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 accuracy accuracy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recall** | past | He | it | | | | with perfect accuracy | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He recorded the event in writing ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e3:o2:1 # text = He recorded the event in writing 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 recorded record VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **record** | past | He | the event | | writing | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent event=Theme in writing=Destination | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He recalled it falsely or lied about it ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e3:o3:1 # text = He recalled it falsely or lied about it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 recalled recall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 falsely falsely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 lied lie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **recall** | past | He | it | | | | falsely *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **lie** | participle | He *not said here* | | | | | about it | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} He failed to attend the event ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:e3:o4:1 # text = He failed to attend the event 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fail** | past | He | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **attend** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the event | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme event=Goal | **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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