--- title: "the bill says outstanding balance £40 — outstanding means great, so… — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics description: "the bill says outstanding balance £40 — outstanding means great, so all good?" — is all good? Test 12 · ★★ 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 --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, fi… "the bill says outstanding balance £40 — outstanding means great, so all good?" — is all good? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bill, outstanding · **What happens:** say, mean, be · **To what, where:** outstanding balance · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t12:1 # text = "the bill says outstanding balance £40 — outstanding means great, so all good?" — is all good? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 outstanding outstanding ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 balance balance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 £ £ SYM $ _ 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 9 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 outstanding outstanding ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 nsubj _ _ 11 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 16 det _ _ 16 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 19 — - PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 all all ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the bill | outstanding balance | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent balance=Topic | | 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | outstanding | | | | | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | outstanding *not said here* | | | | | all, good *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} Yes, it is a reward of £40 ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t12:o1:1 # text = Yes, it is a reward of £40 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 £ £ SYM $ _ 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a reward | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, they owe you £40 ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes, they owe you £40 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 owe owe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 £ £ SYM $ _ 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **owe** | present | they | | you | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal £=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, £40 is still owed ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t12:o3:1 # text = No, £40 is still owed 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 £ £ SYM $ _ 7 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 4 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 owed owe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **owe** | present · passive | | | | | still | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, the bill is wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t12:o4:1 # text = No, the bill is wrong 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bill bill NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the bill | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | **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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