--- title: A news line: "Cash-strapped council closes three libraries." Why are… — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics description: A news line: "Cash-strapped council closes three libraries." Why are the libraries closing? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 19 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/t2/) [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/) / [Soft words for hard things: money and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty A news line: "Cash-strapped council closes three libraries." Why are the libraries closing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** news line, libraries · **What happens:** strap, close · **To what, where:** council, three libraries This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 19 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty» 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/19-money-and-poverty/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A news line: "Cash-strapped council closes three libraries." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t2:1 # text = A news line: "Cash-strapped council closes three libraries." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Cash cash NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 strapped strap VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 closes close VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 libraries library NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strap** *in a quote* | participle | a news line *not said here* | council | | | | | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent council=Patient | | 2 | **close** *in a quote* | present | a news line | three libraries | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent library=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. *Sentence 2:* Why are the libraries closing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t2:2 # text = Why are the libraries closing? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 libraries library NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 closing close VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | present · progressive | the libraries | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The council has too much money ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t2:o1:1 # text = The council has too much money 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | the council | much money | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The libraries are too old ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t2:o2:1 # text = The libraries are too old 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 libraries library NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the libraries | | | | | old *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The council is short of money ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t2:o3:1 # text = The council is short of money 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the council | | | | | of money; short *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nobody reads any more ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t2:o4:1 # text = Nobody reads any more 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 reads read VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 any any ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | present | Nobody | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «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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