--- title: Sam says: "Tax relief means extra tax to help people." Is he right? — Soft words for hard things: politics a… · tree and pragmatics description: Sam says: "Tax relief means extra tax to help people." Is he right? Test 9 · ★ 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 was wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/24-government-spin/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: politics and government spin Sam says: "Tax relief means extra tax to help people." Is he right? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sam, Tax relief, relief · **What happens:** say, mean, help, be · **To what, where:** extra tax, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Sam says: "Tax relief means extra tax to help people." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t9:1 # text = Sam says: "Tax relief means extra tax to help people." 1 Sam Sam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Tax tax NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 relief relief NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 tax tax NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Sam | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Tax relief | extra tax | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Topic | | 3 | **help** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Tax relief *not said here* | | people | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary | 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:* Is he right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t9:2 # text = Is he right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | relief | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, it is a new tax ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t9:o1:1 # text = Yes, it is a new tax 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 tax tax NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a new tax | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} No, it means no taxes at all ever ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t9:o2:1 # text = No, it means no taxes at all ever 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 6 det _ _ 6 taxes tax NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nmod _ _ 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | no taxes | | all | ever | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Topic | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, it means a tax cut ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t9:o3:1 # text = No, it means a tax cut 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 tax tax NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 cut cut NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | it | a tax cut | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cut=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it is a donation ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:24-government-spin:t9:o4:1 # text = Yes, it is a donation 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 donation donation NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | it | a donation | | | | | tree rules | **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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