--- title: "Tom was relieved of his duties after the audit." What happened to T… — Soft words for hard things: work, firi… · tree and pragmatics description: "Tom was relieved of his duties after the audit." What happened to Tom? 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What happened to Tom? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom · **What happens:** be, happen · **To what, where:** Tom This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Tom was relieved of his duties after the audit." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t9:1 # text = "Tom was relieved of his duties after the audit." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 relieved relieved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 duties duty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 audit audit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Tom | | | | | of Tom's duties after the audit; relieved *property* | tree rules | 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:* What happened to Tom? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t9:2 # text = What happened to Tom? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | Tom | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He was given a medal ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t9:o1:1 # text = He was given a medal 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 5 det _ _ 5 medal medal 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 medal=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He got a well-earned holiday ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t9:o2:1 # text = He got a well-earned holiday 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 earned earn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | He | a earned holiday | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer holiday=Stimulus | | 2 | **earn** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} His work became lighter ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t9:o3:1 # text = His work became lighter 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 lighter light ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | His work | | | | | light *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **work** | | His *= he* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He lost his job ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:21-work-firing-and-the-economy:t9:o4:1 # text = He lost his job 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | He | his job | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | | 2 | **job** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent | **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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