--- title: "They didn't run away — it was a strategic withdrawal!" says a boast… — Soft words for hard things: war, the m… · tree and pragmatics description: "They didn't run away — it was a strategic withdrawal!" says a boastful soldier. What really happened? Test 14 · ★ 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 --- [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/t14/) [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/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence "They didn't run away — it was a strategic withdrawal!" says a boastful soldier. What really happened? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** They, it, boastful soldier · **What happens:** not run away, be, say, happen · **To what, where:** strategic withdrawal · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "They didn't run away — it was a strategic withdrawal!" says a boastful soldier. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t14:1 # text = "They didn't run away — it was a strategic withdrawal!" says a boastful soldier. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 — - PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 strategic strategic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 withdrawal withdrawal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ! ! PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 15 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 boastful boastful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **run away** *in a quote* | past · do-support | They | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | it | a strategic withdrawal | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a boastful soldier | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=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. *Sentence 2:* What really happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t14:2 # text = What really happened? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They held their ground ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t14:o1:1 # text = They held their ground 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | past | They | their ground | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They attacked bravely ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t14:o2:1 # text = They attacked bravely 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 attacked attack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 bravely bravely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attack** | past | They | | | | | bravely *property* | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They took a holiday ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t14:o3:1 # text = They took a holiday 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | They | a holiday | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent holiday=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They retreated ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t14:o4:1 # text = They retreated 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 retreated retreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retreat** | past | They | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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