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title: The bank chief says: "We hope for a soft landing." What is she hopin… — Soft words for hard things: work, firi… · tree and pragmatics
description: The bank chief says: "We hope for a soft landing." What is she hoping for? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 21 «Soft words for hard things: 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 option; Mova's choice 
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# Test 12 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy

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The bank chief says: "We hope for a soft landing." What is she hoping for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bank chief, We, chief · **What happens:** say, hope · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 21 «Soft words for hard things: 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/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The bank chief says: "We hope for a soft landing."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t12:1
# text = The bank chief says: "We hope for a soft landing."
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chief	chief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hope	hope	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the bank chief |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **hope** *in a quote* | present | We |  |  |  |  | for a soft landing | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for landing=Theme |

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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 is she hoping for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t12:2
# text = What is she hoping for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hoping	hope	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | present · progressive | chief |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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That all planes land safely at the airport in fog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t12:o1:1
# text = That all planes land safely at the airport in fog
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	planes	plane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	land	land	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	airport	airport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	fog	fog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | present | all planes |  |  | the airport |  | in fog; safely *property* | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in fog=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That prices crash all at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t12:o2:1
# text = That prices crash all at once
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	crash	crash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** | present | that prices |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That the bank closes quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t12:o3:1
# text = That the bank closes quietly
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	closes	close	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present | that bank |  |  |  |  | quietly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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That the slowdown ends without a full recession

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t12:o4:1
# text = That the slowdown ends without a full recession
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	slowdown	slowdown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	recession	recession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | that slowdown |  |  |  |  | without a full recession | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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