Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin a…
The news says a man was taken by "extraordinary rendition" to a "black site". What happened to him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: news, extraordinary rendition · What happens: say, take, happen · To what, where: man, black site · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 25 «Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin and war, the military and violence» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: The news says a man was taken by "extraordinary rendition" to a "black site".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 news | det |
| 2 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 taken | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 taken | aux:pass |
| 7 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 rendition | case |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 rendition | punct |
| 10 | extraordinary | extraordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 rendition | amod |
| 11 | rendition | rendition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 taken | obl |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 rendition | punct |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 site | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 site | det |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 site | punct |
| 16 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 site | amod |
| 17 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 taken | obl |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 site | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the news | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | take | past · passive | extraordinary rendition | a man | a black site | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to site=Destination |
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.
Sentence 2: What happened to him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 him | case |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 happened | obl |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | man | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He was secretly moved to a secret prison
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 moved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 moved | aux:pass |
| 3 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 4 moved | advmod |
| 4 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 prison | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 prison | det |
| 7 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 prison | amod |
| 8 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past · passive | He | a secret prison | secretly property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to prison=Trajectory |
Option 2
He moved to a new house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 moved | nsubj |
| 2 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 house | amod |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past | He | a new house | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to house=Trajectory |
Option 3
He went to a big concert in the city
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 concert | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 concert | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 concert | amod |
| 6 | concert | concert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 city | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 city | det |
| 9 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | He | the city | to a big concert | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to concert=Initial_Location |
Option 4
He visited a mine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 visited | nsubj |
| 2 | visited | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mine | det |
| 4 | mine | mine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 visited | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | past | He | a mine | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mine=Co-Agent |
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