--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an e… — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an employee subject to "involuntary separation"? Exam question 1 of lesson 20 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, firing and the economy» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/e1/) [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/20-debt-and-jobs/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, fi… Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an employee subject to "involuntary separation"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** employee subject This is exam question 1 of lesson 20 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, firing and the economy» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/20-debt-and-jobs/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an employee subject to "involuntary separation"? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 employee employee NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 involuntary involuntary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 separation separation NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | a employee subject | | | | of the following statements; to involuntary separation; accurately *property* | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The employee has resigned of his own accord ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:e1:o1:1 # text = The employee has resigned of his own accord 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 employee employee NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 resigned resign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 accord accord NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **resign** | present · perfect · passive | | the employee | | | | of his own accord | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The employee has been granted leave ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:e1:o2:1 # text = The employee has been granted leave 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 employee employee NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grant** | present · perfect · passive | | the employee | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal leave=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The employee has been dismissed ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:e1:o3:1 # text = The employee has been dismissed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 employee employee NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 dismissed dismiss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dismiss** | present · perfect · passive | | the employee | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The employee has transferred departments ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:e1:o4:1 # text = The employee has transferred departments 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 employee employee NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 transferred transfer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 departments department NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **transfer** | present · perfect · passive | | the employee | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Recipient department=Theme | **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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