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Test 4 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence

Grandad: "My uncle came back from the war with battle fatigue, never the same after." What was wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad · What happens: come back, be · To what, where: war

This is test 4 · ★ 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: Grandad: "My uncle came back from the war with battle fatigue, never the same after."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 came	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct
4	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 uncle	nmod:poss
5	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	nsubj
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 came	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 war	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 war	det
10	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 fatigue	case
12	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fatigue	compound
13	fatigue	fatigue	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 war	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 after	punct
15	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	18 after	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 after	det
17	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 after	amod
18	after	after	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	parataxis
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 after	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 after	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come back in a quote	past	Grandad			the war with battle fatigue			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from war=Initial_Location

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 was wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He just needed a good long sleep in his own bed

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	3 needed	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 needed	advmod
3	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sleep	det
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sleep	amod
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sleep	amod
7	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 bed	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 bed	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bed	amod
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	past	He	a good long sleep		his own bed			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme

Option 2

He had a broken leg

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 leg	det
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 leg	amod
5	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	a broken leg					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He had a mental injury from combat

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 injury	det
4	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 injury	amod
5	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 combat	case
7	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 injury	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He	a mental injury		combat			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=Patient

Option 4

He was bored of marching

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	3 bored	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bored	aux:pass
3	bored	bore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 marching	case
5	marching	marching	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bore	past · passive		He				of marching	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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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