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title: Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the c… — Soft words for hard things: the toilet… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the colloquial Australian expression "technicolour yawn". Exam question 3 of lesson 7 «Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 3 · Soft words for hard things: the toilet and bodily functions

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Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the colloquial Australian expression "technicolour yawn".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, mean · **To what, where:** response, colloquial Australian expression

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «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/7-wind-sick-and-runs/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the colloquial Australian expression "technicolour yawn".
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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	colloquial	colloquial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	technicolour	technicolour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	yawn	yawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | the colloquial Australian 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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A television broadcast in colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:e3:o1:1
# text = A television broadcast in colour
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	broadcast	broadcast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **broadcast** *speech: other* | participle |  | a television *not said here* |  | colour |  |  | vn instr\_communication-37.4.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A prolonged yawn caused by fatigue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:e3:o2:1
# text = A prolonged yawn caused by fatigue
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	prolonged	prolong	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	yawn	yawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prolong** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cause** | participle |  | a prolonged yawn *not said here* |  |  |  | by fatigue | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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An act of vomiting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:e3:o3:1
# text = An act of vomiting
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	vomiting	vomiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** |  | vomiting |  |  |  |  |  | nom act «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A painting of vivid hue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:7-wind-sick-and-runs:e3:o4:1
# text = A painting of vivid hue
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	vivid	vivid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hue	hue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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