--- title: News: "The company massaged the numbers to hide its losses." What di… — Soft words for hard things: lying and… · tree and pragmatics description: News: "The company massaged the numbers to hide its losses." What did the company do? 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What did the company do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** News, company · **What happens:** massage, hide, do · **To what, where:** numbers, losses This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 29 «Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking and drugs» 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/29-lying-and-drinking/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* News: "The company massaged the numbers to hide its losses." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t3:1 # text = News: "The company massaged the numbers to hide its losses." 1 News news NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:outer _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 massaged massage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 numbers number NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 losses loss NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **massage** *in a quote* | past | News | the numbers | | | | | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Experiencer | | 2 | **hide** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | News *not said here* | company's losses | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loss=Patient | 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 did the company do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t3:2 # text = What did the company do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · do-support | the company | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Changed its figures to look better ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t3:o1:1 # text = Changed its figures to look better 1 Changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | past | | its figures | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent figure=Patient | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **figure** | | its *= it* | | | | | | nom figure «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Paid a masseur ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t3:o2:1 # text = Paid a masseur 1 Paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 masseur masseur NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | past | | a masseur | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent masseur=Asset | ### Option 3 {#o3} Counted its money gently ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t3:o3:1 # text = Counted its money gently 1 Counted count VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 gently gently ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | participle | | its money | | | | gently *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Showed its real losses honestly ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t3:o4:1 # text = Showed its real losses honestly 1 Showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 losses loss NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past | | its real losses | | | | honestly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent loss=Recipient | **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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