--- title: News: "The charity's treasurer is accused of misappropriation of fun… — Soft words for hard things: crime, pri… · tree and pragmatics description: News: "The charity's treasurer is accused of misappropriation of funds." What is she accused of? 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What is she accused of? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** accuse, misappropriate · **To what, where:** treasurer, funds This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 28 «Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police and lying and honesty» 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/28-stealing-and-lying/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* News: "The charity's treasurer is accused of misappropriation of funds." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t1:1 # text = News: "The charity's treasurer is accused of misappropriation of funds." 1 News news NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 charity charity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 treasurer treasurer NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 misappropriation misappropriation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 funds fund NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accuse** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the charity's treasurer | | | | of misappropriation of funds | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme of misappropriation=Attribute | | 2 | **misappropriate** *in a quote* | | | funds | | | | | nom misappropriation «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 is she accused of? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t1:2 # text = What is she accused of? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accuse** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Counting the money badly ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t1:o1:1 # text = Counting the money badly 1 Counting count VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | gerund | | the money | | | | badly *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stealing money she was trusted to look after ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t1:o2:1 # text = Stealing money she was trusted to look after 1 Stealing steal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 ccomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | gerund | | money | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **trust** | past · passive | | she | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **look after** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Losing the receipts ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t1:o3:1 # text = Losing the receipts 1 Losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 receipts receipt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | gerund | | the receipts | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent receipt=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} Giving money to the poor ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t1:o4:1 # text = Giving money to the poor 1 Giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | gerund | | money | the poor | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to poor=Recipient | **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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