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title: Where it is stated that a person "has lost the plot", determine the… — Soft words for hard things: stupidity… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where it is stated that a person "has lost the plot", determine the condition so described. Exam question 4 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 of the que
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# Exam question 4 · Soft words for hard things: stupidity and madness and rude…

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Where it is stated that a person "has lost the plot", determine the condition so described.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, lose, determine, describe · **To what, where:** it, person, condition · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:e4:1
# text = Where it is stated that a person "has lost the plot", determine the condition so described.
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
15	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive |  | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic |
| 4 | **describe** | participle |  | the condition *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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 person has been deprived of an allotment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:e4:o1:1
# text = The person has been deprived of an allotment
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	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	deprived	deprive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	allotment	allotment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deprive** | present · perfect · passive |  | the person |  |  |  | of a allotment | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source of allotment=Theme |

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

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The person has begun to behave in an irrational manner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:e4:o2:1
# text = The person has begun to behave in an irrational manner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	begun	begin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	behave	behave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	irrational	irrational	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | present · perfect | the person |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **behave** | to-infinitive | the person *not said here* |  |  | a irrational manner |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The person has mislaid a parcel of land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:e4:o3:1
# text = The person has mislaid a parcel of land
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	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	mislaid	mislay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parcel	parcel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mislay** | present · perfect · passive |  | the person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The person has forgotten the narrative of a novel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:37-bats-and-gosh:e4:o4:1
# text = The person has forgotten the narrative of a novel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	novel	novel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present · perfect | the person | the narrative of a novel |  |  |  |  | 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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