--- title: A minister says: "Mistakes were made, and lessons will be learned."… — Soft words for hard things: politics a… · tree and pragmatics description: A minister says: "Mistakes were made, and lessons will be learned." What has he avoided saying? Test 2 · ★ 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 op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin A minister says: "Mistakes were made, and lessons will be learned." What has he avoided saying? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** minister · **What happens:** say, make, learn · **To what, where:** Mistakes, lessons · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A minister says: "Mistakes were made, and lessons will be learned." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t2:1 # text = A minister says: "Mistakes were made, and lessons will be learned." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 minister minister 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 : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Mistakes mistake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a minister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** *in a quote* | past · passive | | Mistakes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 3 | **learn** *in a quote* | future · passive | | lessons | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 has he avoided saying? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t2:2 # text = What has he avoided saying? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 avoided avoid VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | minister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Who made the mistakes ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t2:o1:1 # text = Who made the mistakes 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 mistakes mistake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | | the mistakes | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} What day it is ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t2:o2:1 # text = What day it is 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | | | | day | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} That lessons exist ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t2:o3:1 # text = That lessons exist 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 exist exist VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exist** | present | that lessons | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} That anything went wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t2:o4:1 # text = That anything went wrong 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | anything | | | | | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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