--- title: A politician: "This isn't job cuts, it's rightsizing." Which is true? — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics description: A politician: "This isn't job cuts, it's rightsizing." Which is true? Test 4 · ★★ 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 each optio --- [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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, fi… A politician: "This isn't job cuts, it's rightsizing." Which is true? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** This, politician · **What happens:** not be, rightsize, be · **To what, where:** job cuts This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A politician: "This isn't job cuts, it's rightsizing." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t4:1 # text = A politician: "This isn't job cuts, it's rightsizing." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 politician politician NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 cuts cut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 rightsizing rightsize VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | This | job cuts | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **rightsize** *in a quote* | present · progressive | a politician and job cuts | | | | | | 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. *Sentence 2:* Which is true? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t4:2 # text = Which is true? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It is still cutting jobs ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t4:o1:1 # text = It is still cutting jobs 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 cutting cut VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 jobs job NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | present · progressive | It | jobs | | | still | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material job=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} It means making uniforms fit ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t4:o2:1 # text = It means making uniforms fit 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 4 uniforms uniform NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 fit fit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | gerund | | uniforms | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset uniform=Product | | 3 | **fit** | present | making | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It means hiring more people ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t4:o3:1 # text = It means hiring more people 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 hiring hire VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hire** *not said to happen* | gerund | | more people | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It means paying people more ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t4:o4:1 # text = It means paying people more 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 paying pay VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | It | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **pay** *not said to happen* | gerund | | people | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Asset | **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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