--- title: A US news line: "Police have named a person of interest in the case.… — Soft words for hard things: crime, pri… · tree and pragmatics description: A US news line: "Police have named a person of interest in the case." Which is true? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 27 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/t5/) [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: crime, pri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/27-crime-prison-and-police/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police A US news line: "Police have named a person of interest in the case." Which is true? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** US news line · **What happens:** name, be · **To what, where:** Police, case This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A US news line: "Police have named a person of interest in the case." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t5:1 # text = A US news line: "Police have named a person of interest in the case." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 US US PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **name** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | a US news line *not said here* | Police | | the case | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme person=Attribute | 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:* Which is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t5:2 # text = Which is true? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Police have arrested the victim ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t5:o1:1 # text = Police have arrested the victim 1 Police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 arrested arrest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 victim victim NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrest** | present · perfect · passive | | Police | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Police have found a famous guest ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t5:o2:1 # text = Police have found a famous guest 1 Police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present · perfect · passive | | Police | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme guest=Attribute | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Police suspect that person ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t5:o3:1 # text = Police suspect that person 1 Police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 suspect suspect VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suspect** | present | Police | that person | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent person=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} Police have found a witness to thank ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:27-crime-prison-and-police:t5:o4:1 # text = Police have found a witness to thank 1 Police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 witness witness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 thank thank VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | present · perfect · passive | | Police | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme witness=Attribute | | 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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