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title: Estate agent's advert: "Bijou flat, deceptively spacious, in an up-a… — Soft words for hard things: work, firi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Estate agent's advert: "Bijou flat, deceptively spacious, in an up-and-coming area." What are you most likely to find? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 22 «Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy and business and advertising» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Test 1 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy a…

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Estate agent's advert: "Bijou flat, deceptively spacious, in an up-and-coming area." What are you most likely to find?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** come, be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 22 «Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy and business and advertising» 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/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Estate agent's advert: "Bijou flat, deceptively spacious, in an up-and-coming area."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t1:1
# text = Estate agent's advert: "Bijou flat, deceptively spacious, in an up-and-coming area."
1	Estate	estate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	advert	advert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Bijou	Bijou	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	deceptively	deceptively	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	spacious	spacious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
14	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
15	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	amod	_	_
20	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 are you most likely to find?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t1:2
# text = What are you most likely to find?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | find, likely *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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A tiny flat in a run-down neighbourhood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t1:o1:1
# text = A tiny flat in a run-down neighbourhood
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flat	flat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	down	down	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	neighbourhood	neighbourhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A new flat on a building site

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t1:o2:1
# text = A new flat on a building site
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flat	flat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A huge flat in a rich neighbourhood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t1:o3:1
# text = A huge flat in a rich neighbourhood
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	flat	flat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	neighbourhood	neighbourhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A flat full of jewels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t1:o4:1
# text = A flat full of jewels
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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