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Test 12 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy

The bank chief says: "We hope for a soft landing." What is she hoping for?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bank chief, We, chief · What happens: say, hope · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 21 «Soft words for hard things: 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: The bank chief says: "We hope for a soft landing."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chief	det
2	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chief	compound
3	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 hope	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 hope	punct
7	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 hope	nsubj
8	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 landing	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 landing	det
11	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 landing	amod
12	landing	landing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hope	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 hope	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 hope	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the bank chief						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hope in a quote	present	We					for a soft landing	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for landing=Theme

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 hoping for?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 hoping	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hoping	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hoping	nsubj
4	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	4 hoping	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 hoping	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	present · progressive	chief						tree rules

The options

Option 1

That all planes land safely at the airport in fog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 all	nsubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 planes	det
3	planes	plane	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 land	nsubj
4	land	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	safely	safely	ADV	_	4 land	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 airport	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 airport	det
8	airport	airport	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 land	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 fog	case
10	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 land	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	present	all planes			the airport		in fog; safely property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in fog=Destination

Option 2

That prices crash all at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 prices	det
2	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 crash	nsubj
3	crash	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	ADV	_	3 crash	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 crash	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crash	present	that prices					all property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location

Option 3

That the bank closes quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 bank	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bank	det
3	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 closes	nsubj
4	closes	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 closes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	present	that bank					quietly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That the slowdown ends without a full recession

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 slowdown	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 slowdown	det
3	slowdown	slowdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ends	nsubj
4	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	8 recession	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 recession	det
7	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 recession	amod
8	recession	recession	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	present	that slowdown					without a full recession	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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