--- title: "council's calling it efficiency savings, means the library's shut,… — Soft words for hard things: politics a… · tree and pragmatics description: "council's calling it efficiency savings, means the library's shut, innit" — what does the speaker understand? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 24 «Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t3/) [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: politics a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin "council's calling it efficiency savings, means the library's shut, innit" — what does the speaker understand? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** council, calling, speaker · **What happens:** call, mean, understand · **To what, where:** it, shut innit · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 24 «Soft words for hard things: 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/24-government-spin/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t3:1 # text = "council's calling it efficiency savings, means the library's shut, innit" — what does the speaker understand? 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 calling call VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 csubj _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 efficiency efficiency NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 savings savings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 library library NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 17 — - PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 obj _ _ 19 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 speaker speaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** *in a quote* | present · progressive | council | it | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme savings=Result | | 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | calling | the library's shut innit | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **understand** | present · do-support | the speaker | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | 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 {#o1} The library got cheaper lights ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t3:o1:1 # text = The library got cheaper lights 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 library library NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the library | cheaper lights | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Efficiency savings are budget cuts ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t3:o2:1 # text = Efficiency savings are budget cuts 1 Efficiency efficiency NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 savings savings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 budget budget NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 cuts cut NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Efficiency savings | budget cuts | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The council saved money by luck ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t3:o3:1 # text = The council saved money by luck 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | participle | the council *not said here* | money | | | | by luck | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The library is being enlarged ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t3:o4:1 # text = The library is being enlarged 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 library library NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 enlarged enlarge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enlarge** | present · passive | | the library | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=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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