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title: "mum says the bank is just printing money now, they call it quantita… — Soft words for hard things: work, firi… · tree and pragmatics
description: "mum says the bank is just printing money now, they call it quantitative easing" — what is quantitative easing? Test 13 · ★ 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 questi
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# Test 13 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy

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"mum says the bank is just printing money now, they call it quantitative easing" — what is quantitative easing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum, bank, they, quantitative easing · **What happens:** say, print, call, be, ease · **To what, where:** money · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t13:1
# text = "mum says the bank is just printing money now, they call it quantitative easing" — what is quantitative easing?
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	printing	print	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	quantitative	quantitative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	easing	easing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
19	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	quantitative	quantitative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
22	easing	ease	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **print** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the bank | money |  |  | now |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 3 | **call** *in a quote* | present | they | money |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 4 | **is** | present | quantitative easing |  |  |  |  | quantitative *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **ease** | gerund | quantitative easing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

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

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The central bank creating new money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t13:o1:1
# text = The central bank creating new money
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	central	central	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	creating	create	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **create** | gerund | the central bank | new money |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bank closing on Sundays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t13:o2:1
# text = The bank closing on Sundays
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	closing	close	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | gerund | the bank *not said here* |  |  |  | sunday |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Making coins lighter to carry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t13:o3:1
# text = Making coins lighter to carry
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lighter	light	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Giving everyone free money in the post

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t13:o4:1
# text = Giving everyone free money in the post
1	Giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	iobj	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  | free money | everyone | the post |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient money=Theme |

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