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title: A company email: "As part of streamlining, the Leeds office will clo… — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics
description: A company email: "As part of streamlining, the Leeds office will close." What will happen to the Leeds workers? Test 3 · ★★ 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 pr
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, fi…

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A company email: "As part of streamlining, the Leeds office will close." What will happen to the Leeds workers?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** part, company email · **What happens:** streamline, close, happen

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A company email: "As part of streamlining, the Leeds office will close."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t3:1
# text = A company email: "As part of streamlining, the Leeds office will close."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	email	email	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	As	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	streamlining	streamline	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **streamline** *in a quote* | gerund | part *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **close** *in a quote* | future | a company email |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What will happen to the Leeds workers?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t3:2
# text = What will happen to the Leeds workers?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | future |  |  |  |  |  | to the Leeds workers | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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They will get a pay rise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t3:o1:1
# text = They will get a pay rise
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | future | They | a pay rise |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rise=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They are likely to lose their jobs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t3:o2:1
# text = They are likely to lose their jobs
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | their jobs |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 3 | **job** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They will swim in a stream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t3:o3:1
# text = They will swim in a stream
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | future | They |  |  | a stream |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in stream=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They will get faster computers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t3:o4:1
# text = They will get faster computers
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	computers	computer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | future | They | faster computers |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer computer=Stimulus |

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**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.

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