--- title: A US prison report: "The inmate was placed in administrative segrega… — Soft words for hard things: crime, pri… · tree and pragmatics description: A US prison report: "The inmate was placed in administrative segregation." What happened to him? 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What happened to him? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** US prison report · **What happens:** place, happen · **To what, where:** inmate, administrative segregation This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 27 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police» 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/27-crime-prison-and-police/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A US prison report: "The inmate was placed in administrative segregation." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t10:1 # text = A US prison report: "The inmate was placed in administrative segregation." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 inmate inmate NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 administrative administrative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 segregation segregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** *in a quote* | past · passive | a US prison report *not said here* | the inmate | | administrative segregation | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in segregation=Destination | 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 happened to him? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t10:2 # 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 _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | inmate | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He was moved to a bigger cell with friends ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t10:o1:1 # text = He was moved to a bigger cell with friends 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 cell cell NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past · passive | | He | | a bigger cell with friends | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to cell=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} He was set free ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t10:o2:1 # text = He was set free 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | past · passive | | He | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was given an office job ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t10:o3:1 # text = He was given an office job 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient job=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He was put in solitary confinement ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t10:o4:1 # text = He was put in solitary confinement 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 solitary solitary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 confinement confinement NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past · passive | | He | | solitary confinement | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in confinement=Destination | **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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