--- title: A press release: "Our director leaves to spend more time with family… — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics description: A press release: "Our director leaves to spend more time with family." Gossip at the office says what probably happened? Test 6 · ★★ 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 tr --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, fi… A press release: "Our director leaves to spend more time with family." Gossip at the office says what probably happened? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** director, press release, Gossip · **What happens:** leave, spend, say, happen · **To what, where:** press release · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A press release: "Our director leaves to spend more time with family." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t6:1 # text = A press release: "Our director leaves to spend more time with family." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 press press NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 release release NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 director director NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 amod _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** *in a quote* | present | Our director | a press release *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **spend** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a press release *not said here* | | | | time | with family | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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:* Gossip at the office says what probably happened? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t6:2 # text = Gossip at the office says what probably happened? 1 Gossip gossip NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 nsubj _ _ 7 probably probably ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Gossip at the office | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **happen** | past | | | | | | probably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He had triplets ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t6:o1:1 # text = He had triplets 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 triplets triplet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | He | triplets | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent triplet=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He moved next door to family ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t6:o2:1 # text = He moved next door to family 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 moved move VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past | He | next door | | family | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent door=Theme to family=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} He won the lottery ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t6:o3:1 # text = He won the lottery 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lottery lottery NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | He | the lottery | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lottery=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He was forced out ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t6:o4:1 # text = He was forced out 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **force out** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=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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