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title: "He went west in 1917," says Grandad about his own grandad, a soldie… — Soft words for hard things: death and… · tree and pragmatics
description: "He went west in 1917," says Grandad about his own grandad, a soldier. Where is that soldier now? Test 12 · ★ 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'
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# Test 12 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: death and dying

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"He went west in 1917," says Grandad about his own grandad, a soldier. Where is that soldier now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** He, Grandad, soldier · **What happens:** go, say, be · **To what, where:** 1917 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "He went west in 1917," says Grandad about his own grandad, a soldier.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:t12:1
# text = "He went west in 1917," says Grandad about his own grandad, a soldier.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
4	west	west	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | past | He |  |  | 1917 |  | west *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 1917=Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandad |  |  |  |  | about Grandad's own grandad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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:* Where is that soldier now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:t12:2
# text = Where is that soldier now?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that soldier |  |  |  | now | where *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He moved to America in 1917

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:t12:o1:1
# text = He moved to America in 1917
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | He |  | America | 1917 |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme to america=Source in 1917=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He walked home in 1917

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:t12:o2:1
# text = He walked home in 1917
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | He |  |  | 1917 |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in 1917=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He lives in the west

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:t12:o3:1
# text = He lives in the west
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	west	west	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | He |  |  | the west |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in west=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He died in 1917

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:2-death-official-and-slang:t12:o4:1
# text = He died in 1917
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	1917	1917	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | He |  |  |  |  | in 1917 | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in 1917=Attribute |

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