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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Soft words for hard things: stupidity… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "for Pete's sake". Exam question 3 of lesson 37 «Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rudeness and swearing» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rude…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "for Pete's sake".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** expression

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 37 «Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rudeness and swearing» 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/37-bats-and-gosh/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the expression "for Pete's sake".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
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	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	Pete	Pete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	sake	sake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the expression |  |  |  | for Pete's sake | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=Experiencer |

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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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It refers to a particular saint named Peter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:e3:o1:1
# text = It refers to a particular saint named Peter
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	refers	refer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refer** | present | It |  |  |  |  | to a particular saint | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to saint=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **name** | participle |  | a particular saint *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a formal expression of gratitude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:e3:o2:1
# text = It is a formal expression of gratitude
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a formal expression |  |  |  | of gratitude | tree rules |

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

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It is a mild substitute for "for God's sake"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:e3:o3:1
# text = It is a mild substitute for "for God's sake"
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mild	mild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	substitute	substitute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	sake	sake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a mild substitute |  |  |  | for God's sake | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is the strongest of all English oaths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:e3:o4:1
# text = It is the strongest of all English oaths
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	oaths	oath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | of all English oaths; strong *property* | 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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