Test 8 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, fi…
Liv reckons "made redundant" means you did the same job twice. Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Liv, you · What happens: reckon, make, mean, do · To what, where: same job · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, firing and the economy» 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Liv reckons "made redundant" means you did the same job twice.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liv | Liv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 reckons | nsubj |
| 2 | reckons | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 means | csubj |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 reckons | ccomp |
| 5 | redundant | redundant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 made | xcomp |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 means | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 job | det |
| 11 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 job | amod |
| 12 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 did | obj |
| 13 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 9 did | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | present | Liv | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make in a quote | participle | Liv not said here | redundant property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 4 | do | past | you | the same job | twice property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it means losing your job because the post was cut
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | losing | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | xcomp |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 job | nmod:poss |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 losing | obj |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 cut | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 post | det |
| 10 | post | post | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 cut | aux:pass |
| 12 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 losing | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | lose not said to happen | gerund | your job | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | cut | past · passive | the post | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 4 | job | your | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Yes, it means getting promoted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | ccomp |
| 6 | promoted | promote | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 getting | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 3 | promote | participle | vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, it means getting a pay rise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 means | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 rise | det |
| 7 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rise | compound |
| 8 | rise | rise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 getting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get not said to happen | gerund | a pay rise | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rise=Stimulus |
Option 4
Yes, it means repeating the same work twice over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | repeating | repeat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 work | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 work | amod |
| 8 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 repeating | obj |
| 9 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 10 over | advmod |
| 10 | over | over | ADV | _ | 5 repeating | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | repeat not said to happen | gerund | the same work | over property | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
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