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description: Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the expression "follically challenged". Exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight

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Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the expression "follically challenged".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, convey, challenge · **To what, where:** meaning, expression

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight» 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/9-age-looks-and-size/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:e1:1
# text = Identify the meaning most accurately conveyed by the expression "follically challenged".
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	expression	expression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	follically	follically	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	challenged	challenge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme |
| 2 | **convey** | participle |  | the meaning *not said here* |  |  |  | by the expression; accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **challenge** *in a quote* | participle |  | the expression *not said here* |  |  |  | follically *property* | tree rules |

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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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Possessing excessive hair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:e1:o1:1
# text = Possessing excessive hair
1	Possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | gerund |  | excessive hair |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot hair=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Experiencing intellectual difficulty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:e1:o2:1
# text = Experiencing intellectual difficulty
1	Experiencing	experience	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	intellectual	intellectual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **experience** | gerund |  | intellectual difficulty |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer difficulty=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Unable to follow instructions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:e1:o3:1
# text = Unable to follow instructions
1	Unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | to-infinitive |  | instructions |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Theme |

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

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Bald

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:e1:o4:1
# text = Bald
1	Bald	bald	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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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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