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title: A report says: "Many graduates (people who have finished university)… — Soft words for hard things: work, firi… · tree and pragmatics
description: A report says: "Many graduates (people who have finished university) are underemployed." What does it mean? Test 7 · ★ 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 dependency tree and 
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# Test 7 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy a…

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A report says: "Many graduates (people who have finished university) are underemployed." What does it mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** report, people, Many graduates, university · **What happens:** say, finish, be, mean · **To what, where:** university · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A report says: "Many graduates (people who have finished university) are underemployed."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t7:1
# text = A report says: "Many graduates (people who have finished university) are underemployed."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	graduates	graduate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	finished	finish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	university	university	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	underemployed	underemployed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a report |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **finish** *in a quote* | present · perfect | people | university |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector university=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Many graduates |  |  |  |  | underemployed *property* | tree rules |

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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 does it mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t7:2
# text = What does it mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | university |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They earn too much money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t7:o1:1
# text = They earn too much money
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	earn	earn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | present | They | much money |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They have far too much work and no time to rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t7:o2:1
# text = They have far too much work and no time to rest
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | much work and no time |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Patient |
| 2 | **rest** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They have no degrees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t7:o3:1
# text = They have no degrees
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	degrees	degree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They | no degrees |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent degree=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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They work fewer hours or in jobs below their skills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t7:o4:1
# text = They work fewer hours or in jobs below their skills
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
8	below	below	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	skills	skill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | They |  |  | jobs's skills | hour |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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