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title: A magazine: "The distinguished gentleman with silver hair." What doe… — Soft words for hard things: age and lo… · tree and pragmatics
description: A magazine: "The distinguished gentleman with silver hair." What does "distinguished" suggest? Test 13 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; Mov
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# Test 13 · Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight

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A magazine: "The distinguished gentleman with silver hair." What does "distinguished" suggest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** suggest

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This is test 13 of lesson 9 «Soft words for hard things: age and looks and weight» 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/9-age-looks-and-size/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A magazine: "The distinguished gentleman with silver hair."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t13:1
# text = A magazine: "The distinguished gentleman with silver hair."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	magazine	magazine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* What does "distinguished" suggest?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t13:2
# text = What does "distinguished" suggest?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	distinguished	distinguished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	suggest	suggest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He is very loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t13:o1:1
# text = He is very loud
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is a soldier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t13:o2:1
# text = He is a soldier
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a soldier |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is a famous scientist with many prizes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t13:o3:1
# text = He is a famous scientist with many prizes
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a famous scientist |  |  |  | with many prizes | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He looks older in an elegant way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:9-age-looks-and-size:t13:o4:1
# text = He looks older in an elegant way
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	elegant	elegant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | He |  |  |  |  | in a elegant way; old *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in way=Theme |

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