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title: The news says a man was taken by "extraordinary rendition" to a "bla… — Soft words for hard things: politics a… · tree and pragmatics
description: The news says a man was taken by "extraordinary rendition" to a "black site". What happened to him? Test 7 · ★ 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 tree and pr
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# Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin a…

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The news says a man was taken by "extraordinary rendition" to a "black site". What happened to him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** news, extraordinary rendition · **What happens:** say, take, happen · **To what, where:** man, black site · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The news says a man was taken by "extraordinary rendition" to a "black site".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t7:1
# text = The news says a man was taken by "extraordinary rendition" to a "black site".
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	extraordinary	extraordinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	rendition	rendition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the news |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | past · passive | extraordinary rendition | a man |  | a black site |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to site=Destination |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What happened to him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t7:2
# text = What happened to him?
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	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  | man |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He was secretly moved to a secret prison

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t7:o1:1
# text = He was secretly moved to a secret prison
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past · passive |  | He |  | a secret prison |  | secretly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to prison=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He moved to a new house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t7:o2:1
# text = He moved to a new house
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | He |  |  | a new house |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to house=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He went to a big concert in the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t7:o3:1
# text = He went to a big concert in the city
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | He |  |  | the city |  | to a big concert | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to concert=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He visited a mine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:25-spin-war-and-violence:t7:o4:1
# text = He visited a mine
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	visited	visit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mine	mine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | past | He | a mine |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mine=Co-Agent |

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