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Test 10 · ★ of lesson 26 «Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/t10/) [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: war, the m…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/26-war-and-the-military/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence A company boss: "We provide private military contractors abroad." What does the company sell? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** We, company · **What happens:** provide, sell · **To what, where:** private military contractors This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 26 «Soft words for hard things: 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/26-war-and-the-military/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A company boss: "We provide private military contractors abroad." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t10:1 # text = A company boss: "We provide private military contractors abroad." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 provide provide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 private private ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 military military ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 contractors contractor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **provide** *in a quote* | present | We | private military contractors | | | | abroad *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition contractor=Theme | 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 does the company sell? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t10:2 # text = What does the company sell? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sell sell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | present · do-support | the company | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Hired soldiers ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t10:o1:1 # text = Hired soldiers 1 Hired hire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hire** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Holidays for soldiers ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t10:o2:1 # text = Holidays for soldiers 1 Holidays holiday NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Building work ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t10:o3:1 # text = Building work 1 Building building NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Army food ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t10:o4:1 # text = Army food 1 Army Army PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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