--- title: The app maker writes: "We are sunsetting this app on 1 May." What wi… — Soft words for hard things: business a… · tree and pragmatics description: The app maker writes: "We are sunsetting this app on 1 May." What will happen? 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What will happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** app maker, We · **What happens:** write, sunset, happen · **To what, where:** app · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 23 «Soft words for hard things: business and advertising and politics and government spin» 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/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The app maker writes: "We are sunsetting this app on 1 May." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:t5:1 # text = The app maker writes: "We are sunsetting this app on 1 May." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 app app NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 maker maker NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 sunsetting sunset VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 10 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 app app NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 May May PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | present | the app maker | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sunset** *in a quote* | present · progressive | We | this app | | | may | | 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 will happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:t5:2 # text = What will happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | future | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The app will only work at sunset ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:t5:o1:1 # text = The app will only work at sunset 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 app app NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 sunset sunset NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | future | the app | | | | sunset | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} The app will get a dark mode ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:t5:o2:1 # text = The app will get a dark mode 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 app app NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mode mode NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | future | the app | a dark mode | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mode=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The app will stop being available ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:t5:o3:1 # text = The app will stop being available 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 app app NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 available available ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | future | the app | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | gerund | the app *not said here* | | | | | available *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The app will become free ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:23-fees-bugs-and-spin:t5:o4:1 # text = The app will become free 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 app app NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | future | the app | | | | | free *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | **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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