--- title: "crap, told the boss his plan was rubbish in front of everyone. care… — Soft words for hard things: work, firi… · tree and pragmatics description: "crap, told the boss his plan was rubbish in front of everyone. career-limiting move, eh" — what does the speaker fear? Test 4 · ★ 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 dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/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/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy a… "crap, told the boss his plan was rubbish in front of everyone. career-limiting move, eh" — what does the speaker fear? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crap, plan · **What happens:** tell, be, do, plan · **To what, where:** boss, rubbish, front, speaker fear · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t4:1 # text = "crap, told the boss his plan was rubbish in front of everyone. career-limiting move, eh" — what does the speaker fear? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 crap crap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ 16 career-limiting career-limiting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 eh eh NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 21 — - PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 nsubj _ _ 23 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | crap | | the boss | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boss=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | crap's plan | rubbish | | front of everyone | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | present | | the speaker fear | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Eventuality | | 4 | **plan** *in a quote* | | crap | | | | | | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} Losing the job or a promotion ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t4:o1:1 # text = Losing the job or a promotion 1 Losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 promotion promotion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | gerund | | the job or a promotion | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | ### Option 2 {#o2} Getting a medal for honesty ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t4:o2:1 # text = Getting a medal for honesty 1 Getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 medal medal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 honesty honesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | gerund | | a medal | | | | for honesty | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent medal=Theme for honesty=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} Moving to a smaller desk ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t4:o3:1 # text = Moving to a smaller desk 1 Moving move VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 desk desk NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | gerund | | | | a smaller desk | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to desk=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Being made the boss ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t4:o4:1 # text = Being made the boss 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 aux:pass _ _ 2 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund · passive | | the boss | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: boss=Product | **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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