--- title: A police statement: "The suspect was neutralized at the scene." Whic… — Soft words for hard things: death and… · tree and pragmatics description: A police statement: "The suspect was neutralized at the scene." Which plain sentence matches? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 2 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/t11/) [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: death and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: death and dying A police statement: "The suspect was neutralized at the scene." Which plain sentence matches? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** police statement · **What happens:** neutralize · **To what, where:** suspect, scene This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2 «Soft words for hard things: death and dying» 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/2-death-official-and-slang/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A police statement: "The suspect was neutralized at the scene." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:t11:1 # text = A police statement: "The suspect was neutralized at the scene." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 police police NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 suspect suspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 neutralized neutralize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 scene scene NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **neutralize** *in a quote* | past · passive | a police statement *not said here* | the suspect | | the scene | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | 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 plain sentence matches? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:t11:2 # text = Which plain sentence matches? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 matches match NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The police killed the suspect there ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:t11:o1:1 # text = The police killed the suspect there 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 suspect suspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | past | the police | the suspect | | there | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suspect=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The police arrested the suspect gently ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:t11:o2:1 # text = The police arrested the suspect gently 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arrested arrest VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 suspect suspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 gently gently ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrest** | past | the police | the suspect | | | | gently *property* | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suspect=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The suspect ran away ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:t11:o3:1 # text = The suspect ran away 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 suspect suspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | past | the suspect | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The suspect gave up and sat down ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:t11:o4:1 # text = The suspect gave up and sat down 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 suspect suspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give up** | past | the suspect | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sit down** | past | the suspect *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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