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title: Nan: «Harry loved being a soldier. Two tours of Afghanistan.» Which… — The royal family in the news: a queen'… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nan: «Harry loved being a soldier. Two tours of Afghanistan.» Which is confirmed? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 45 «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronatio…

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Nan: «Harry loved being a soldier. Two tours of Afghanistan.» Which is confirmed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Harry · **What happens:** love, be, tour, confirm · **To what, where:** soldier, Afghanistan

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 45 «The royal family in the news: a queen's death, a coronation, titles lost and illnesses announced» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Nan: «Harry loved being a soldier.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t4:1
# text = Nan: «Harry loved being a soldier.
1	Nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Harry	Harry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** *in a quote* | past | Harry |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | gerund |  | a soldier |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Two tours of Afghanistan.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t4:2
# text = Two tours of Afghanistan.»
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	tours	tour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tour** |  |  | Afghanistan |  |  |  |  | nom tour «act transitive»: of=patient |

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*Sentence 3:* Which is confirmed?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t4:3
# text = Which is confirmed?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	confirmed	confirm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confirm** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He left the army in disgrace after just one year of training

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t4:o1:1
# text = He left the army in disgrace after just one year of training
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	disgrace	disgrace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | He | the army |  | disgrace | year |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent army=Theme in disgrace=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is still a serving soldier today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t4:o2:1
# text = He is still a serving soldier today
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	serving	serve	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | present · progressive | He | soldier |  |  | still; today |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soldier=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He served about ten years, with two Afghan tours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t4:o3:1
# text = He served about ten years, with two Afghan tours
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	Afghan	Afghan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	tours	tour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | He |  |  |  | year | with two Afghan tours | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with tour=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He never went to Afghanistan at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced:t4:o4:1
# text = He never went to Afghanistan at all
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | past | He |  | Afghanistan | all |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to afghanistan=Initial\_Location |

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