--- title: News: "The minister, who had been economical with the truth, was rel… — Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ · tree and pragmatics description: News: "The minister, who had been economical with the truth, was relieved of his duties." What came first? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/t7/) [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/) / [Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★ News: "The minister, who had been economical with the truth, was relieved of his duties." What came first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** minister, News · **What happens:** be, come This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: the euphemism detective ★★★» 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/41-olympiad-euphemism-detective/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* News: "The minister, who had been economical with the truth, was relieved of his duties." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t7:1 # text = News: "The minister, who had been economical with the truth, was relieved of his duties." 1 News news NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 minister minister NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 cop _ _ 10 economical economical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 relieved relieved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 duties duty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past · perfect | the minister | | | | | with the truth; economical *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | News the minister | | | | | of his duties; relieved *property* | tree rules | 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 came first? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t7:2 # text = What came first? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | | | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He was given a new job ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t7:o1:1 # text = He was given a new 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 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 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 2 {#o2} He was sacked ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t7:o2:1 # text = He was sacked 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 sacked sack VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sack** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He went home to his family ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t7:o3:1 # text = He went home to his family 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | He | | | his family | | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to family=Initial\_Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He lied ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:41-olympiad-euphemism-detective:t7:o4:1 # text = He lied 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lied lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie** | past | He | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: 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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