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description: Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "eccentric" when applied to a person. Exam question 3 of lesson 36 «Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness

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Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "eccentric" when applied to a person.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, apply, mean · **To what, where:** response, term

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 36 «Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness» 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/36-dim-and-round-the-bend/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:36-dim-and-round-the-bend:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "eccentric" when applied to a person.
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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	eccentric	eccentric	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
16	applied	apply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **apply** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a person | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mean** |  |  | the term |  |  |  |  | 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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Wealthy and of high social standing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:36-dim-and-round-the-bend:e3:o1:1
# text = Wealthy and of high social standing
1	Wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	social	social	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	standing	standing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Unconventional or odd in a harmless manner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:36-dim-and-round-the-bend:e3:o2:1
# text = Unconventional or odd in a harmless manner
1	Unconventional	unconventional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	odd	odd	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Criminal or dangerous to the public

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:36-dim-and-round-the-bend:e3:o3:1
# text = Criminal or dangerous to the public
1	Criminal	criminal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	public	public	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Unwell and in need of treatment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:36-dim-and-round-the-bend:e3:o4:1
# text = Unwell and in need of treatment
1	Unwell	unwell	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** |  |  | treatment |  |  |  |  | nom need «state 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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