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What happened at the meeting? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** leave, exchange, happen · **To what, where:** two leaders, views, meeting This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin» 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/24-government-spin/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* News: "After a full and frank exchange of views, the two leaders left without a statement." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t1:1 # text = News: "After a full and frank exchange of views, the two leaders left without a statement." 1 News news NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 After after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 frank frank ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 views view NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 leaders leader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ _ 16 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 without without ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** *in a quote* | participle | | the two leaders *not said here* | | | | without a statement | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **exchange** *in a quote* | | | views | | | | | nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=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:* What happened at the meeting? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t1:2 # text = What happened at the meeting? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 meeting meeting NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | the meeting | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at meeting=Location | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They went for a walk ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t1:o1:1 # text = They went for a walk 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | They | | | | | for a walk | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for walk=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They argued seriously ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t1:o2:1 # text = They argued seriously 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 argued argue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | They | | | | | seriously *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They swapped gifts ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t1:o3:1 # text = They swapped gifts 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swapped swap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swap** | past | They | gifts | | | | | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They agreed on everything ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t1:o4:1 # text = They agreed on everything 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | They | | | | | on everything | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on everything=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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