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title: Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the warning "contai… — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the warning "contains strong language". Exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 2 · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing

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Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the warning "contains strong language".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, meaning · **What happens:** identify, convey, contain · **To what, where:** meaning, strong language · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 39 «Soft words for hard things: 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/39-pardon-my-french/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:e2:1
# text = Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the warning "contains strong language".
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	11	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
12	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **convey** | participle |  | the meaning *not said here* |  |  |  | by the warning; accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **contain** *in a quote* | present | the meaning | strong language |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot language=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The material includes swearing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:e2:o1:1
# text = The material includes swearing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	includes	include	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	swearing	swearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **include** | present | the material | swearing |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swearing=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The material is delivered at high volume

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:e2:o2:1
# text = The material is delivered at high volume
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | present · passive |  | the material |  | high volume |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The material employs difficult vocabulary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:e2:o3:1
# text = The material employs difficult vocabulary
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	employs	employ	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | present | the material | difficult vocabulary |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vocabulary=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The material is in a foreign tongue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:39-pardon-my-french:e2:o4:1
# text = The material is in a foreign tongue
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the material |  |  | a foreign tongue |  |  | 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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