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title: Identify the plain meaning of the expression "visually impaired" as… — Soft words for hard things: illness, d… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the plain meaning of the expression "visually impaired" as employed in official documents. Exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» 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 1 · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body

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Identify the plain meaning of the expression "visually impaired" as employed in official documents.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, impair, employ, mean · **To what, where:** plain meaning, expression, official documents

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 4 «Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body» 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/4-illness-disability-and-babies/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e1:1
# text = Identify the plain meaning of the expression "visually impaired" as employed in official documents.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	visually	visually	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	impaired	impair	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	documents	document	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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* | the plain meaning of the expression |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **impair** *in a quote* | participle |  | the expression *not said here* |  |  |  | visually *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **employ** | participle |  |  |  | official documents |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **mean** |  |  | the expression |  |  |  |  | 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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Exceedingly fatigued

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e1:o1:1
# text = Exceedingly fatigued
1	Exceedingly	exceedingly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	fatigued	fatigue	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 | **fatigue** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | exceedingly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wearing tinted spectacles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e1:o2:1
# text = Wearing tinted spectacles
1	Wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	tinted	tint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | gerund |  | tinted spectacles |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent spectacle=Source |
| 2 | **tint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Unable to read in a foreign language

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e1:o3:1
# text = Unable to read in a foreign language
1	Unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
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	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | a foreign language |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Partly or fully blind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:4-illness-disability-and-babies:e1:o4:1
# text = Partly or fully blind
1	Partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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