--- title: "Dad's had one too many, so Mum's driving us home." Why is Mum drivi… — Soft words for hard things: lying and… · tree and pragmatics description: "Dad's had one too many, so Mum's driving us home." Why is Mum driving? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 29 «Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking and drugs» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/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: lying and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/29-lying-and-drinking/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: lying and honesty and drinking… "Dad's had one too many, so Mum's driving us home." Why is Mum driving? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dad, Mum · **What happens:** have, drive · **To what, where:** one many, us This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Dad's had one too many, so Mum's driving us home." ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t4:1 # text = "Dad's had one too many, so Mum's driving us home." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 driving drive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 home home ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | participle | Dad | one many | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Patient | | 2 | **drive** *in a quote* | gerund | Mum *not said here* | us | | | | home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=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:* Why is Mum driving? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t4:2 # text = Why is Mum driving? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Mum Mum PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 driving drive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | present · progressive | Mum | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Dad is too tired after a long day at work ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t4:o1:1 # text = Dad is too tired after a long day at work 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Dad | | | | day | tired *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dad lost the car keys ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t4:o2:1 # text = Dad lost the car keys 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 keys key NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | Dad | the car keys | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Dad has drunk too much alcohol ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t4:o3:1 # text = Dad has drunk too much alcohol 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 alcohol alcohol NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | present · perfect · passive | | Dad | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Dad ate too much cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:29-lying-and-drinking:t4:o4:1 # text = Dad ate too much cake 1 Dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | Dad | much cake | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=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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