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title: Identify the plain meaning of the designation "funeral director". — Soft words for hard things: death and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the plain meaning of the designation "funeral director". Exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying, illness and the body» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: death and dying, illness and t…

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Identify the plain meaning of the designation "funeral director".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, mean · **To what, where:** plain meaning, designation

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying, illness and the body» 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/3-death-and-feeling-poorly/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:e1:1
# text = Identify the plain meaning of the designation "funeral director".
1	Identify	identify	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	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	designation	designation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	director	director	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 plain meaning of the designation |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** |  |  | the designation |  |  |  |  | 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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A cleric who conducts religious services

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:e1:o1:1
# text = A cleric who conducts religious services
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cleric	cleric	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	conducts	conduct	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	religious	religious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conduct** | present | a cleric | religious services |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An official who registers deaths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:e1:o2:1
# text = An official who registers deaths
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	official	official	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	registers	register	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	deaths	death	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **register** | present | a official | deaths |  |  |  |  | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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An undertaker who arranges funerals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:e1:o3:1
# text = An undertaker who arranges funerals
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	undertaker	undertaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	arranges	arrange	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	funerals	funeral	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | present | a undertaker | funerals |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent funeral=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A person who directs films concerning death

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:3-death-and-feeling-poorly:e1:o4:1
# text = A person who directs films concerning death
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	4	nsubj	_	_
4	directs	direct	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **direct** | present | a person | films |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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