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Test 2 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence

A general says: "We carried out kinetic action against the depot overnight." What happened?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: general, We · What happens: say, carry out, happen · To what, where: kinetic action · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 26 «Soft words for hard things: 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: A general says: "We carried out kinetic action against the depot overnight."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 general	det
2	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 carried	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 carried	punct
6	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	7 carried	nsubj
7	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 carried	compound:prt
9	kinetic	kinetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 action	amod
10	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obj
11	against	against	ADP	_	13 depot	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 depot	det
13	depot	depot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carried	obl
14	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	7 carried	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 carried	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 carried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a general						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	carry out in a quote	past	We	kinetic action				against the depot; overnight property	vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Eventuality

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?

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	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They attacked the depot with weapons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attacked	nsubj
2	attacked	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 depot	det
4	depot	depot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attacked	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 weapons	case
6	weapons	weapon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 attacked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	past	They	the depot				with weapons	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent depot=Patient

Option 2

They held a sports day at the depot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 day	det
4	sports	sport	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 day	compound
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obl:unmarked
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 depot	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 depot	det
8	depot	depot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	They			the depot	day		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at depot=Location

Option 3

They inspected the depot quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 inspected	nsubj
2	inspected	inspect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 depot	det
4	depot	depot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 inspected	obj
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 inspected	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inspect	past	They	the depot				quietly property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent depot=Theme

Option 4

They moved the depot by lorry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 moved	nsubj
2	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 depot	det
4	depot	depot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moved	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 lorry	case
6	lorry	lorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	They	the depot				by lorry	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent depot=Theme

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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