--- title: A politician says: "We will support residents of our most deprived a… — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics description: A politician says: "We will support residents of our most deprived areas." Who will be helped? Test 5 · ★ 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 --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty A politician says: "We will support residents of our most deprived areas." Who will be helped? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** politician, We · **What happens:** say, support, deprive, help · **To what, where:** residents · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A politician says: "We will support residents of our most deprived areas." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t5:1 # text = A politician says: "We will support residents of our most deprived areas." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 politician politician NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 support support VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 residents resident NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 12 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 13 advmod _ _ 13 deprived deprive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 areas area NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a politician | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **support** *in a quote* | future | We | residents of our deprived areas | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer resident=Stimulus | | 3 | **deprive** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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:* Who will be helped? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t5:2 # text = Who will be helped? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | future · passive | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} People who lost their homes in a storm ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t5:o1:1 # text = People who lost their homes in a storm 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | People | People's homes | | a storm | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} People who need more sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t5:o2:1 # text = People who need more sleep 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | People | more sleep | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sleep=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} People who live in the countryside ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t5:o3:1 # text = People who live in the countryside 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 countryside countryside NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | People | | | the countryside | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in countryside=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} People in the poorest neighbourhoods ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:19-money-and-poverty:t5:o4:1 # text = People in the poorest neighbourhoods 1 People people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 poorest poor ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 neighbourhoods neighbourhood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Soft words for hard things: money and…, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/t4/) - next →: [Soft words for hard things: money and…, test 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/t6/) - ↑ back to [Soft words for hard things: money and poverty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/19-money-and-poverty/)