Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence
History book: "The village was pacified in 1902." What most likely happened there?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: History book · What happens: pacify, happen · To what, where: village, 1902
This is test 7 · ★ 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: History book: "The village was pacified in 1902."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | History | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 book | compound |
| 2 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 pacified | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 pacified | punct |
| 5 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 village | det |
| 6 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pacified | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 pacified | aux:pass |
| 8 | pacified | pacify | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 book | acl:relcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 1902 | case |
| 10 | 1902 | 1902 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 pacified | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 book | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 book | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pacify in a quote | past · passive | History book not said here | the village | 1902 | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
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 most likely happened there?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 3 likely | advmod |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 4 happened | advmod |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 happened | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | there | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The villagers held a big peace party with music and dancing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 villagers | det |
| 2 | villagers | villager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 held | nsubj |
| 3 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 party | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 party | amod |
| 6 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 party | compound |
| 7 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 held | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 music | case |
| 9 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 party | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 dancing | cc |
| 11 | dancing | dancing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 party | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past | the villagers | a big peace party and dancing | with music | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Its people were crushed by force until they stopped resisting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 people | nmod:poss |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 crushed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 crushed | aux:pass |
| 4 | crushed | crush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 force | case |
| 6 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crushed | obl |
| 7 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 9 stopped | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 stopped | nsubj |
| 9 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 crushed | advcl |
| 10 | resisting | resist | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 stopped | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crush | past · passive | force | Its people | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | stop | past | people | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | resist | gerund | people not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
The village voted for a new mayor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 village | det |
| 2 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 voted | nsubj |
| 3 | voted | vote | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 mayor | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mayor | det |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mayor | amod |
| 7 | mayor | mayor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 voted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vote | past | the village | for a new mayor goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for mayor=Goal |
Option 4
The village was moved to the seaside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 village | det |
| 2 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moved | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 moved | aux:pass |
| 4 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 seaside | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 seaside | det |
| 7 | seaside | seaside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | past · passive | the village | the seaside | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to seaside=Trajectory |
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