Test 13 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy

"mum says the bank is just printing money now, they call it quantitative easing" — what is quantitative easing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, bank, they, quantitative easing · What happens: say, print, call, be, ease · To what, where: money · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bank	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 printing	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 printing	aux
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 printing	advmod
8	printing	print	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 printing	obj
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 printing	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 call	punct
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 call	nsubj
13	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 call	obj
15	quantitative	quantitative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 easing	amod
16	easing	easing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 call	xcomp
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 easing	punct
18	—	-	PUNCT	_	21 quantitative	punct
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 quantitative	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 quantitative	cop
21	quantitative	quantitative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 easing	conj
22	easing	ease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 quantitative	advcl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	mum				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	print in a quote	present · progressive	the bank	money	now		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
3	call in a quote	present	they	money			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
4	is	present	quantitative easing			quantitative property	tree rules
5	ease	gerund	quantitative easing not said here				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The central bank creating new money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bank	det
2	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bank	amod
3	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 creating	nsubj
4	creating	create	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 money	amod
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 creating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	create	gerund	the central bank	new money					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Result

Option 2

The bank closing on Sundays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bank	det
2	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	closing	close	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 bank	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 Sundays	case
5	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 closing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	gerund	the bank not said here				sunday		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Making coins lighter to carry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 coins	amod
2	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lighter	nsubj
3	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 carry	mark
5	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lighter	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund							vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	carry	to-infinitive							vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Giving everyone free money in the post

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Giving	iobj
3	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 money	amod
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Giving	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 post	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 post	det
7	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Giving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund		free money	everyone	the post			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient money=Theme

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