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Exam question 4 · Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence

It is given that a commander reports that a target was "serviced". Ascertain what occurred.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: commander, you · What happens: give, report, service, ascertain, occur · To what, where: It, target · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 26 «Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence» 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.

The question

Sentence 1: It is given that a commander reports that a target was "serviced".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 reports	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 commander	det
6	commander	commander	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reports	nsubj
7	reports	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 serviced	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 target	det
10	target	target	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 serviced	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 serviced	aux:pass
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 serviced	punct
13	serviced	service	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 reports	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 serviced	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	report	present	a commander						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	service in a quote	past · passive		a target					tree rules

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: Ascertain what occurred.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 occurred	nsubj
3	occurred	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	ccomp
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here						vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	occur	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The target was inspected

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 target	det
2	target	target	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inspected	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 inspected	aux:pass
4	inspected	inspect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inspect	past · passive		the target					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The target was supplied with provisions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 target	det
2	target	target	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 supplied	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 supplied	aux:pass
4	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 provisions	case
6	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 supplied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	past · passive		the target				with provisions	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with provision=Theme

Option 3

The target was repaired

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 target	det
2	target	target	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 repaired	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 repaired	aux:pass
4	repaired	repair	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repair	past · passive		the target					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The target was bombed or destroyed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 target	det
2	target	target	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bombed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bombed	aux:pass
4	bombed	bomb	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 destroyed	cc
6	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bombed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bomb	past · passive		the target					vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	destroy	participle							vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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