Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★ "Chur bro, the firm had headwinds, now it's rightsizing. Uncle reckons his job's safe as." Should Uncle be so sure?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: firm, Uncle · What happens: have, rightsize, reckon, job, uncle · To what, where: Chur bro, job
This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «Olympiad: reading between the lines ★★★» 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: "Chur bro, the firm had headwinds, now it's rightsizing.
punct compound obl punct det nsubj obj punct advmod nsubj aux conj punct root " PUNCT Chur PROPN bro NOUN , PUNCT the DET firm NOUN had VERB headwinds NOUN , PUNCT now ADV it PRON 's AUX rightsizing VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 3 bro punct 2 Chur Chur PROPN Number=Sing 3 bro compound 3 bro bro NOUN Number=Sing 7 had obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 bro punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 firm det 6 firm firm NOUN Number=Sing 7 had nsubj 7 had have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 8 headwinds headwind NOUN Number=Plur 7 had obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 rightsizing punct 10 now now ADV PronType=Dem 13 rightsizing advmod 11 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 rightsizing nsubj 12 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 rightsizing aux 13 rightsizing rightsize VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 had conj 14 . . PUNCT _ 7 had punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have in a quote past the firm Chur bro vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent headwind=Patient 2 rightsize in a quote present · progressive firm now 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: Uncle reckons his job's safe as."
nsubj nmod:poss obj case xcomp advmod punct punct root Uncle NOUN reckons VERB his PRON job NOUN 's PART safe ADJ as ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 2 reckons nsubj 2 reckons reckon VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 job nmod:poss 4 job job NOUN Number=Sing 2 reckons obj 5 's 's PART _ 4 job case 6 safe safe ADJ Degree=Pos 2 reckons xcomp 7 as as ADV _ 6 safe advmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 reckons punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 2 reckons punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 reckon present Uncle Uncle's job safe property vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent job=Attribute 2 job Uncle nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Sentence 3: Should Uncle be so sure?
aux obj advmod xcomp punct root Should AUX Uncle VERB be AUX so ADV sure ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 2 Uncle aux 2 Uncle uncle VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 2 Uncle obj 4 so so ADV _ 5 sure advmod 5 sure sure ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Uncle xcomp 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 Uncle punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 uncle should sure property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Yes: rightsizing means hiring more people
discourse punct nsubj xcomp amod obj root Yes INTJ : PUNCT rightsizing NOUN means VERB hiring VERB more ADJ people NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 means discourse 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 means punct 3 rightsizing rightsizing NOUN Number=Sing 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 hiring hire VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 means xcomp 6 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 7 people amod 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 hiring obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present rightsizing vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 hire not said to happen gerund rightsizing not said here more people vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer No: rightsizing means cutting jobs
det punct nsubj xcomp obj root No DET : PUNCT rightsizing NOUN means VERB cutting VERB jobs NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no DET PronType=Neg 3 rightsizing det 2 : : PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 rightsizing rightsizing NOUN Number=Sing 4 means nsubj 4 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 cutting cut VERB VerbForm=Ger 4 means xcomp 6 jobs job NOUN Number=Plur 5 cutting obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present no rightsizing vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 cut not said to happen gerund no rightsizing not said here jobs vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset job=Product
Option 3 Yes: headwinds help a business grow
discourse punct nsubj det obj xcomp root Yes INTJ : PUNCT headwinds NOUN help VERB a DET business NOUN grow VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 4 help discourse 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 help punct 3 headwinds headwind NOUN Number=Plur 4 help nsubj 4 help help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 business det 6 business business NOUN Number=Sing 4 help obj 7 grow grow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 help xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help present headwinds a business vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent business=Beneficiary clause=Theme 2 grow present a business not said here vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 No: it means the firm is moving
det punct nsubj det nsubj aux ccomp root No DET : PUNCT it PRON means VERB the DET firm NOUN is AUX moving VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no DET PronType=Neg 4 means det 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 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 firm det 6 firm firm NOUN Number=Sing 8 moving nsubj 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 moving aux 8 moving move VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 means ccomp
# 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 move present · progressive the firm vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
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