--- title: Select the response that most accurately characterises the term "hal… — Soft words for hard things: illness, d… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response that most accurately characterises the term "halitosis". Exam question 3 of lesson 5 «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 and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: illness, d…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: illness, disability and the body Select the response that most accurately characterises the term "halitosis". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, most · **What happens:** select, characteris · **To what, where:** response, term This is exam question 3 of lesson 5 «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/5-drink-mind-and-body/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:e3:1 # text = Select the response that most accurately characterises the term "halitosis". 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 nsubj _ _ 6 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 halitosis halitosis NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | most | the term | | | | | tree rules | 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} A medical term for bad breath ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:e3:o1:1 # text = A medical term for bad breath 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 medical medical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A colloquial term for a headache ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:e3:o2:1 # text = A colloquial term for a headache 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 colloquial colloquial NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 headache headache NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A medical term for baldness ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:e3:o3:1 # text = A medical term for baldness 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 medical medical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 baldness baldness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A colloquial term for hiccups ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:5-drink-mind-and-body:e3:o4:1 # text = A colloquial term for hiccups 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 colloquial colloquial NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 hiccups hiccup NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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