--- title: "they called it enhanced interrogation, but it was torture, plain an… — Soft words for hard things: politics a… · tree and pragmatics description: "they called it enhanced interrogation, but it was torture, plain and simple" — what is the speaker saying? Test 6 · ★ 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, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/25-spin-war-and-violence/t6/) [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/25-spin-war-and-violence/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin a… "they called it enhanced interrogation, but it was torture, plain and simple" — what is the speaker saying? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they, it, interrogation, speaker · **What happens:** call, enhance, be, say · **To what, where:** interrogation, torture · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t6:1 # text = "they called it enhanced interrogation, but it was torture, plain and simple" — what is the speaker saying? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 enhanced enhance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 interrogation interrogation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 torture torture NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 simple simple ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 17 — - PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 obj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | they | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **enhance** *in a quote* | past | it | interrogation | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent interrogation=Patient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | interrogation | torture | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | the speaker | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It was a quiz ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t6:o1:1 # text = It was a quiz 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 quiz quiz NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a quiz | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The soft name hides torture ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t6:o2:1 # text = The soft name hides torture 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 torture torture NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | the soft name | torture | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torture=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It was a long interview ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t6:o3:1 # text = It was a long interview 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 interview interview NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a long interview | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} It was a friendly chat ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t6:o4:1 # text = It was a friendly chat 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 chat chat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | It | a friendly chat | | | | | tree rules | **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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