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title: "Under the law of that country the ultimate penalty still exists." W… — Soft words for hard things: crime, pri… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Under the law of that country the ultimate penalty still exists." What does the law still allow? Test 13 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Test 13 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: crime, prison and the police a…

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"Under the law of that country the ultimate penalty still exists." What does the law still allow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ultimate penalty, law · **What happens:** exist, allow · **To what, where:** law

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Under the law of that country the ultimate penalty still exists."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t13:1
# text = "Under the law of that country the ultimate penalty still exists."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	still	still	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** *in a quote* | present | the ultimate penalty |  |  | the law of that country | still |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under law=Location |

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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 does the law still allow?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t13:2
# text = What does the law still allow?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	allow	allow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present · do-support | the law |  |  |  | still |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Banning players for life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t13:o1:1
# text = Banning players for life
1	Banning	ban	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	players	player	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | gerund |  | players |  |  |  | for life | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer player=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sending people abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t13:o2:1
# text = Sending people abroad
1	Sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  | people |  |  |  | abroad *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Huge fines for parking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t13:o3:1
# text = Huge fines for parking
1	Huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fines	fine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	parking	parking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Executing criminals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:28-stealing-and-lying:t13:o4:1
# text = Executing criminals
1	Executing	execute	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	criminals	criminal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **execute** | gerund |  | criminals |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent criminal=Patient |

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