--- title: A government announces "austerity measures". What will most people n… — Soft words for hard things: politics a… · tree and pragmatics description: A government announces "austerity measures". What will most people notice? Test 4 · ★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choice w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/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: politics a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin A government announces "austerity measures". What will most people notice? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** government, most people · **What happens:** announce, notice · **To what, where:** austerity measures This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A government announces "austerity measures". ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t4:1 # text = A government announces "austerity measures". 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 government government NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 announces announce VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 austerity austerity NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 measures measure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **announce** *speech: other* | present | a government | austerity measures | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent measure=Theme | 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 most people notice? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t4:2 # text = What will most people notice? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 notice notice VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | future | most people | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Higher pensions ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t4:o1:1 # text = Higher pensions 1 Higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 pensions pension NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Less public spending on services ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t4:o2:1 # text = Less public spending on services 1 Less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 2 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 spending spending NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 services service NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} New hospitals and schools being built ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t4:o3:1 # text = New hospitals and schools being built 1 New new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 hospitals hospital NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 schools school NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | gerund · passive | | New hospitals and schools | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} More free buses for everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t4:o4:1 # text = More free buses for everyone 1 More more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 amod _ _ 2 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 buses bus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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