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title: A general says: "We carried out kinetic action against the depot ove… — Soft words for hard things: war, the m… · tree and pragmatics
description: A general says: "We carried out kinetic action against the depot overnight." What happened? Test 2 · ★ 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 opti
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# Test 2 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: war, the military and violence

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A general says: "We carried out kinetic action against the depot overnight." What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** general, We · **What happens:** say, carry out, happen · **To what, where:** kinetic action · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A general says: "We carried out kinetic action against the depot overnight."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t2:1
# text = A general says: "We carried out kinetic action against the depot overnight."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	general	general	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	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	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	kinetic	kinetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	against	against	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	depot	depot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a general |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **carry out** *in a quote* | past | We | kinetic action |  |  |  | against the depot; overnight *property* | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent action=Eventuality |

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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?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t2:2
# text = What happened?
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	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They attacked the depot with weapons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t2:o1:1
# text = They attacked the depot with weapons
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	depot	depot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | past | They | the depot |  |  |  | with weapons | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent depot=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They held a sports day at the depot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t2:o2:1
# text = They held a sports day at the depot
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sports	sport	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	compound	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	depot	depot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | They |  |  | the depot | day |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at depot=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They inspected the depot quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t2:o3:1
# text = They inspected the depot quietly
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	inspected	inspect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	depot	depot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inspect** | past | They | the depot |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent depot=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They moved the depot by lorry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:26-war-and-the-military:t2:o4:1
# text = They moved the depot by lorry
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	depot	depot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lorry	lorry	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 | They | the depot |  |  |  | by lorry | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent depot=Theme |

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