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title: Whereas a hostess informs her guests that "the powder room is adjace… — Soft words for hard things: the toilet… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a hostess informs her guests that "the powder room is adjacent to the hall", determine what the guests may find there. Exam question 4 of lesson 6 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 4 · Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions

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Whereas a hostess informs her guests that "the powder room is adjacent to the hall", determine what the guests may find there.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** hostess, powder room, you, guests · **What happens:** inform, be, determine, find · **To what, where:** guests · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 6 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» 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/6-toilet-words/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:e4:1
# text = Whereas a hostess informs her guests that "the powder room is adjacent to the hall", determine what the guests may find there.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hostess	hostess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	informs	inform	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	obj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nsubj	_	_
23	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	ccomp	_	_
25	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	24	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present | a hostess |  | hostess's guests |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guest=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the powder room |  |  |  |  | to the hall; adjacent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **find** | may | the guests |  |  | there |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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A cloakroom for outer garments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:e4:o1:1
# text = A cloakroom for outer garments
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloakroom	cloakroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	outer	outer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A room reserved for cosmetics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:e4:o2:1
# text = A room reserved for cosmetics
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cosmetics	cosmetic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | participle |  | a room *not said here* |  |  |  | for cosmetics | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for cosmetic=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A small toilet for visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:e4:o3:1
# text = A small toilet for visitors
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	toilet	toilet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A storeroom for household powders

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:6-toilet-words:e4:o4:1
# text = A storeroom for household powders
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storeroom	storeroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	powders	powder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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