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title: An Irish nan says: "That was during the Troubles, love." What time i… — Soft words for hard things: war, the m… · tree and pragmatics
description: An Irish nan says: "That was during the Troubles, love." What time is she talking about? Test 11 · ★ 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 option
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# Test 11 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An Irish nan says: "That was during the Troubles, love." What time is she talking about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Irish nan, That, nan · **What happens:** say, be, talk about · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* An Irish nan says: "That was during the Troubles, love."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t11:1
# text = An Irish nan says: "That was during the Troubles, love."
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Troubles	Trouble	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Irish nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | That |  |  |  | during love |  | tree rules |

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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 time is she talking about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t11:2
# text = What time is she talking about?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	talking	talk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk about** | present · progressive | nan |  |  |  | time |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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The violent years in Northern Ireland, 1960s to 1998

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t11:o1:1
# text = The violent years in Northern Ireland, 1960s to 1998
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Northern	Northern	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
6	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	1960s	1960s	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	1998	1998	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The years of the potato famine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t11:o2:1
# text = The years of the potato famine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	potato	potato	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	famine	famine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The time she had a cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t11:o3:1
# text = The time she had a cold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | she | a cold |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A week when the car broke down and the roof leaked badly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t11:o4:1
# text = A week when the car broke down and the roof leaked badly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	leaked	leak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break down** | past | the car | the roof |  |  | week |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leak** | participle |  | the roof *not said here* |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

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