--- title: An advert says: "Our chickens are humanely processed." What happens… — Soft words for hard things: animals an… · tree and pragmatics description: An advert says: "Our chickens are humanely processed." What happens to the chickens? Test 6 · ★ 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 opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Euphemisms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/) / [Soft words for hard things: animals an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/18-pets-and-money/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: animals and pets and money and… An advert says: "Our chickens are humanely processed." What happens to the chickens? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** advert · **What happens:** say, process, happen · **To what, where:** chickens · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An advert says: "Our chickens are humanely processed." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t6:1 # text = An advert says: "Our chickens are humanely processed." 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 advert advert NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 chickens chicken NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 humanely humanely ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 processed process VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a advert | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **process** *in a quote* | present · passive | | Our chickens | | | | humanely *property* | tree rules | 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 happens to the chickens? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t6:2 # text = What happens to the chickens? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happens happen VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 chickens chicken NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | present | | | | | | to the chickens | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} They are washed and brushed ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t6:o1:1 # text = They are washed and brushed 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 washed wash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 brushed brush VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wash** | present · passive | | They | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **brush** | participle | | | | | | | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} They are sent to farms ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t6:o2:1 # text = They are sent to farms 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 farms farm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | present · passive | | They | | farms | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to farm=Destination | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They are slaughtered for meat ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t6:o3:1 # text = They are slaughtered for meat 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 slaughtered slaughter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slaughter** | present · passive | | They | | | | for meat | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} They are taught tricks ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:18-pets-and-money:t6:o4:1 # text = They are taught tricks 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 taught teach VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | present · passive | | They | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient trick=Topic | **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. 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