Test 5 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police
A US news line: "Police have named a person of interest in the case." Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: US news line · What happens: name, be · To what, where: Police, case
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 27 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police» 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 US news line: "Police have named a person of interest in the case."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 line | det |
| 2 | US | US | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 line | compound |
| 3 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 line | compound |
| 4 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 named | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 named | punct |
| 7 | Police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 named | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 named | aux |
| 9 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 line | acl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 person | det |
| 11 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 named | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 interest | case |
| 13 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 person | nmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 case | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 case | det |
| 16 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 named | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 line | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 line | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | name in a quote | present · perfect · passive | a US news line not said here | Police | the case | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme person=Attribute |
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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Police have arrested the victim
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 arrested | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 arrested | aux |
| 3 | arrested | arrest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 victim | det |
| 5 | victim | victim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 arrested | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrest | present · perfect · passive | Police | tree rules |
Option 2
Police have found a famous guest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 found | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 found | aux |
| 3 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 guest | det |
| 5 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 guest | amod |
| 6 | guest | guest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 found | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · perfect · passive | Police | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme guest=Attribute |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Police suspect that person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 suspect | nsubj |
| 2 | suspect | suspect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 person | det |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 suspect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suspect | present | Police | that person | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent person=Attribute |
Option 4
Police have found a witness to thank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 found | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 found | aux |
| 3 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 witness | det |
| 5 | witness | witness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 found | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 thank | mark |
| 7 | thank | thank | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 witness | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present · perfect · passive | Police | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme witness=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | thank speech: thank | to-infinitive | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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