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title: Council report: "The meeting saw a robust discussion of the parking… — Soft words for hard things: rudeness a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Council report: "The meeting saw a robust discussion of the parking plan." What happened at the meeting? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 question and of eac
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing

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Council report: "The meeting saw a robust discussion of the parking plan." What happened at the meeting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** meeting · **What happens:** see, discuss, happen · **To what, where:** robust discussion, parking plan, meeting

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «Soft words for hard things: rudeness and swearing» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Council report: "The meeting saw a robust discussion of the parking plan."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t6:1
# text = Council report: "The meeting saw a robust discussion of the parking plan."
1	Council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	robust	robust	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	parking	parking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** *in a quote* | past | the meeting | a robust discussion of the parking plan |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer discussion=Stimulus |
| 2 | **discuss** *in a quote* |  |  | the parking plan |  |  |  |  | nom discussion «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.

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*Sentence 2:* What happened at the meeting?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t6:2
# text = What happened at the meeting?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  | the meeting |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at meeting=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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People agreed with no fuss at all, quickly and calmly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t6:o1:1
# text = People agreed with no fuss at all, quickly and calmly
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	fuss	fuss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | People |  |  |  |  | with no fuss at all; quickly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with fuss=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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People built a car park

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t6:o2:1
# text = People built a car park
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | past | People | a car park |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent park=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
People ate a large meal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t6:o3:1
# text = People ate a large meal
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | People | a large meal |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
People argued heatedly about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:40-with-all-due-respect:t6:o4:1
# text = People argued heatedly about it
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	argued	argue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	heatedly	heatedly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | People |  |  |  |  | about it; heatedly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |

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