--- title: "boss showed him the door after the fire alarm prank, serves him rig… — Soft words for hard things: work, firi… · tree and pragmatics description: "boss showed him the door after the fire alarm prank, serves him right" — what happened to him? Test 4 · ★ 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 op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/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: work, firi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/21-work-firing-and-the-economy/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy "boss showed him the door after the fire alarm prank, serves him right" — what happened to him? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boss · **What happens:** show, serve, happen · **To what, where:** door, him, boss This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t4:1 # text = "boss showed him the door after the fire alarm prank, serves him right" — what happened to him? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 9 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 alarm alarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 prank prank NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 serves serve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 right right ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 17 — - PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 nsubj _ _ 19 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** *in a quote* | past | boss | the door | him *= he* | | after the alarm prank | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient door=Topic | | 2 | **serve** *in a quote* | present | boss *not said here* | boss | | | | right *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | | 3 | **happen** | past | | | boss | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} He was given a new office ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t4:o1:1 # text = He was given a new office 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 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient office=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He was led safely outside ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t4:o2:1 # text = He was led safely outside 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 safely safely ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 outside outside ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past · passive | | He | | | | outside, safely *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He was fired ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t4:o3:1 # text = He was fired 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 fired fire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fire** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was moved to the front desk ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t4:o4:1 # text = He was moved to the front desk 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 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 desk desk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past · passive | | He | | the front desk | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to desk=Trajectory | **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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