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title: Where an official communiqué records "a frank exchange of views", id… — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where an official communiqué records "a frank exchange of views", identify the nature of the encounter so described. Exam question 1 of lesson 40 «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 ques
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# Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing

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Where an official communiqué records "a frank exchange of views", identify the nature of the encounter so described.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** official communiqué records · **What happens:** identify, describe, exchange · **To what, where:** nature, encounter, views

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 40 «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/40-with-all-due-respect/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:e1:1
# text = Where an official communiqué records "a frank exchange of views", identify the nature of the encounter so described.
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	14	advmod	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	communiqué	communiqué	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	frank	frank	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	views	view	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
14	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	encounter	encounter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | infinitive | a official communiqué records | the nature of the encounter |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent nature=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  | the encounter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **exchange** *in a quote* |  |  | views |  |  |  |  | nom exchange «phenomenon 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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An acrimonious disagreement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:e1:o1:1
# text = An acrimonious disagreement
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	acrimonious	acrimonious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A meeting with a person named Frank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:e1:o2:1
# text = A meeting with a person named Frank
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	Frank	Frank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | participle |  | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An exchange of diplomatic gifts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:e1:o3:1
# text = An exchange of diplomatic gifts
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	diplomatic	diplomatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exchange** |  |  | diplomatic gifts |  |  |  |  | nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A cordial and harmonious meeting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:e1:o4:1
# text = A cordial and harmonious meeting
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	cordial	cordial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	harmonious	harmonious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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