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# Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes

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Whereas correspondence informs a candidate that the organisation "has decided to go in a different direction", identify the outcome conveyed thereby.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** inform, decide, go, identify, convey · **To what, where:** candidate, organisation, different direction, outcome · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 34 «Soft words for hard things: failure and mistakes» 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/34-failure-and-mistakes/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:e1:1
# text = Whereas correspondence informs a candidate that the organisation "has decided to go in a different direction", identify the outcome conveyed thereby.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
3	informs	inform	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	organisation	organisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	decided	decide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	identify	identify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
24	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present |  | a candidate |  |  |  | whereas correspondence | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent candidate=Recipient |
| 2 | **decide** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive |  | the organisation |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent that S»: subject=Co-Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **go** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a different direction |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in direction=Location |
| 4 | **identify** | infinitive |  | the outcome |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme |
| 5 | **convey** | participle |  | the outcome *not said here* |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 candidate has been appointed to the position

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:e1:o1:1
# text = The candidate has been appointed to the position
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appoint** | present · perfect · passive |  | the candidate |  |  |  | to the position | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme to position=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The organisation requests the candidate's travel itinerary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:e1:o2:1
# text = The organisation requests the candidate's travel itinerary
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	organisation	organisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	requests	request	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	itinerary	itinerary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | present | the organisation | the candidate's travel itinerary |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent itinerary=Recipient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The candidate's application has been rejected

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:e1:o3:1
# text = The candidate's application has been rejected
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	application	application	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	rejected	reject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reject** | present · perfect · passive |  | the candidate's application |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **apply** |  | the candidate |  |  |  |  |  | nom application «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The organisation has relocated its premises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:34-failure-and-mistakes:e1:o4:1
# text = The organisation has relocated its premises
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	organisation	organisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	relocated	relocate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	premises	premise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relocate** | present · perfect · passive |  | the organisation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **premise** |  | organisation |  |  |  |  |  | nom premise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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