--- title: A senator is accused of adding "earmarks" to the budget. What is he… — Soft words for hard things: politics a… · tree and pragmatics description: A senator is accused of adding "earmarks" to the budget. What is he accused of? 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What is he accused of? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accuse, add · **To what, where:** senator, earmarks This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 25 «Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin and war, the military and violence» 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/25-spin-war-and-violence/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A senator is accused of adding "earmarks" to the budget. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t12:1 # text = A senator is accused of adding "earmarks" to the budget. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 senator senator NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 adding add VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 earmarks earmark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 budget budget NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accuse** | present · passive | | a senator | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | | earmarks | | | | to the budget | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent earmark=Patient to budget=Co-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 is he accused of? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t12:2 # text = What is he accused of? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accuse** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Marking the pages with his ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t12:o1:1 # text = Marking the pages with his ears 1 Marking mark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | gerund | | the pages | | | | with his ears | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent page=Destination with ear=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cutting the budget ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t12:o2:1 # text = Cutting the budget 1 Cutting cut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 budget budget NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | gerund | | the budget | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset budget=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Signing the budget late ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t12:o3:1 # text = Signing the budget late 1 Signing sign VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 budget budget NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sign** | gerund | | the budget | | | | late *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent budget=Destination | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Setting money aside for pet local projects ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t12:o4:1 # text = Setting money aside for pet local projects 1 Setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 aside aside ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 6 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 projects project NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | gerund | | money | | | | for pet local projects; aside *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent money=Patient for project=Beneficiary | **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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