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title: Identify the meaning of "substance misuse" as employed by official b… — Soft words for hard things: drinking a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the meaning of "substance misuse" as employed by official bodies in the United Kingdom. Exam question 2 of lesson 30 «Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs

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Identify the meaning of "substance misuse" as employed by official bodies in the United Kingdom.

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

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 30 «Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs» 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/30-drinking-and-drugs/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:e2:1
# text = Identify the meaning of "substance misuse" as employed by official bodies in the United Kingdom.
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	_	7	case	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	misuse	misuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	17	flat	_	_
17	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 substance misuse |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **employ** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by official bodies in the United Kingdom | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | substance misuse |  |  |  |  | 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 wastage of foodstuffs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:e2:o1:1
# text = The wastage of foodstuffs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wastage	wastage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	foodstuffs	foodstuff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **waste** |  | foodstuffs |  |  |  |  |  | nom wastage «process intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An error committed in a science lesson

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:e2:o2:1
# text = An error committed in a science lesson
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	science	science	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commit** | participle |  | a error *not said here* |  | a science lesson |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in lesson=Destination |

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

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The harmful use of drugs or alcohol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:e2:o3:1
# text = The harmful use of drugs or alcohol
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	harmful	harmful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	drugs	drug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** |  |  | drugs or alcohol |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The improper use of adhesives

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:e2:o4:1
# text = The improper use of adhesives
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	improper	improper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	adhesives	adhesive	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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