--- title: A bank calls a family "subprime borrowers". What does the bank think… — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics description: A bank calls a family "subprime borrowers". What does the bank think of them? Test 11 · ★★ 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 and pragmatics of the question and of e --- [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/t11/) [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/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, fi… A bank calls a family "subprime borrowers". What does the bank think of them? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bank · **What happens:** call, think · **To what, where:** family · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★ 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. 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/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A bank calls a family "subprime borrowers". ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t11:1 # text = A bank calls a family "subprime borrowers". 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 calls call VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 subprime subprime NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 borrowers borrower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | present | a bank | a family | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent family=Recipient | 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:* What does the bank think of them? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t11:2 # text = What does the bank think of them? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | the bank | | | | | of borrowers *= borrower* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They borrow only small sums ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t11:o1:1 # text = They borrow only small sums 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 borrow borrow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sums sum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **borrow** | present | They | small sums | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} They work for the bank ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t11:o2:1 # text = They work for the bank 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 work work VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | They | | | | | for the bank | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for bank=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are its best customers ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t11:o3:1 # text = They are its best customers 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 customers customer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | They | its best customers | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They have a bad credit history ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t11:o4:1 # text = They have a bad credit history 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 credit credit NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | They | a bad credit history | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Patient | **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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