--- title: A news report says a city was emptied by "population transfer". What… — Soft words for hard things: politics a… · tree and pragmatics description: A news report says a city was emptied by "population transfer". What happened to the people? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 24 «Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t12/) [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: politics a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin A news report says a city was emptied by "population transfer". What happened to the people? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** news report, population transfer · **What happens:** say, empty, happen · **To what, where:** city · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A news report says a city was emptied by "population transfer". ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t12:1 # text = A news report says a city was emptied by "population transfer". 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 emptied empty VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 population population NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 transfer transfer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a news report | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **empty** | past · passive | population transfer | a city | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Source | 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 to the people? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t12:2 # text = What happened to the people? 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 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 people people 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** | past | | | | | | to the people | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They were forced to leave their homes ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t12:o1:1 # text = They were forced to leave their homes 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **force** | past · passive | | They | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | their homes | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They went on holiday ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t12:o2:1 # text = They went on holiday 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 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | They | | | holiday | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on holiday=Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} They moved for new jobs by choice ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t12:o3:1 # text = They moved for new jobs by choice 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 jobs job NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | They | | | | | for new jobs; by choice | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by choice=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} They were all counted for the census ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t12:o4:1 # text = They were all counted for the census 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 all all ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 census census NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | past · passive | | They | | | | for the census; all *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | **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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