An adjective for something being in question or under analysis

Basically, what I'm after is an adjective with the same meaning as in question.

For example:

(Adj) PV was presented in brackets ...

as opposed to

the PV in question was presented in brackets....

Thank you

Solution 1:

I would use implied

hinted at or suggested; not directly expressed

• An implied term that permitted the bank to refuse to provide information to the claimants was also required. (Collins)

So your example could be written in this way:

the implied PV was presented in brackets...

I also thought of targeted (as we speak of target language or of target vocabulary) and intended which means "planned or meant".

Solution 2:

The problem with the original question is that nowhere was it stated specifically in the example that the examinee is being asked to provide one specific phrasal verb, so that there wasn’t actually one in question. The poster just deleted the example, so the question is even more obscure. However we are to assume that a specific phrasal verb (PV) has been mentioned and there is a need to refer back to it.

One could refer to it simply as:

“the required [phrasal verb]”

or

“the aforementioned [phrasal verb]”

or even

“that [phrasal verb]”

(And I am not going to provide dictionary references for the adjectives. On EL&U I should be able to assume a certain level of literacy.)