--- title: Report: "Thousands of internally displaced persons sheltered in scho… — Soft words for hard things: politics a… · tree and pragmatics description: Report: "Thousands of internally displaced persons sheltered in schools." Which is true? Test 5 · ★ 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 option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin Report: "Thousands of internally displaced persons sheltered in schools." Which is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** displace, shelter, be · **To what, where:** displaced persons, schools This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Report: "Thousands of internally displaced persons sheltered in schools." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t5:1 # text = Report: "Thousands of internally displaced persons sheltered in schools." 1 Report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 internally internally ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 displaced displace VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 9 sheltered shelter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 schools school NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **displace** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | internally *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **shelter** *in a quote* | participle | | displaced persons *not said here* | | schools | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in school=Location | 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 is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t5:2 # text = Which is true? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They moved abroad to another country to find work ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t5:o1:1 # text = They moved abroad to another country to find work 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 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | They | | | another country | | abroad *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to country=Trajectory | | 2 | **find** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | work | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} They were tourists ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t5:o2:1 # text = They were tourists 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 tourists tourist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | They | tourists | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They were teachers ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t5:o3:1 # text = They were teachers 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | They | teachers | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They fled their homes but stayed in their country ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t5:o4:1 # text = They fled their homes but stayed in their country 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | They | their homes | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme home=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **stay** | past | They *not said here* | | | homes's country | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location | **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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