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title: Liv reckons "made redundant" means you did the same job twice. Right? — Soft words for hard things: money and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Liv reckons "made redundant" means you did the same job twice. Right? Test 8 · ★★ 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
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, fi…

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Liv reckons "made redundant" means you did the same job twice. Right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Liv, you · **What happens:** reckon, make, mean, do · **To what, where:** same job · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Liv reckons "made redundant" means you did the same job twice.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t8:1
# text = Liv reckons "made redundant" means you did the same job twice.
1	Liv	Liv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	csubj	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
5	redundant	redundant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | Liv |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | participle | Liv *not said here* |  |  |  |  | redundant *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **do** | past | you | the same job |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |

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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:* Right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t8:2
# text = Right?
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, it means losing your job because the post was cut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t8:o1:1
# text = No, it means losing your job because the post was cut
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	losing	lose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **lose** *not said to happen* | gerund |  | your job |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 3 | **cut** | past · passive |  | the post |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 4 | **job** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it means getting promoted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, it means getting promoted
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	ccomp	_	_
6	promoted	promote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **get** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **promote** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it means getting a pay rise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t8:o3:1
# text = No, it means getting a pay rise
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **get** *not said to happen* | gerund |  | a pay rise |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rise=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it means repeating the same work twice over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:20-debt-and-jobs:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, it means repeating the same work twice over
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	repeating	repeat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	advmod	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **repeat** *not said to happen* | gerund |  | the same work |  |  |  | over *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |

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