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title: The farmer had to "dispatch" a sheep hurt by a car. What did he do? — Soft words for hard things: animals an… · tree and pragmatics
description: The farmer had to "dispatch" a sheep hurt by a car. What did he do? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 18 «Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 11 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and…

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The farmer had to "dispatch" a sheep hurt by a car. What did he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** farmer · **What happens:** have, hurt, do · **To what, where:** dispatch, sheep

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 18 «Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and poverty» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The farmer had to "dispatch" a sheep hurt by a car.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t11:1
# text = The farmer had to "dispatch" a sheep hurt by a car.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	dispatch	dispatch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the farmer | dispatch |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | participle |  | a sheep *not said here* |  |  |  | by a car | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* What did he do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t11:2
# text = What did he do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · do-support | farmer |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Took it to hospital

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t11:o1:1
# text = Took it to hospital
1	Took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past |  | it |  | hospital |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to hospital=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Killed it quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t11:o2:1
# text = Killed it quickly
1	Killed	kill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past |  | it |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Posted it to the vet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t11:o3:1
# text = Posted it to the vet
1	Posted	post	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	vet	vet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | participle |  | it |  | the vet |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to vet=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sent it to market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t11:o4:1
# text = Sent it to market
1	Sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past |  | it |  | market |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to market=Destination |

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