--- title: "Bit squiffy after two glasses of wine, are we?" teases a friend. Wh… — Soft words for hard things: drinking a… · tree and pragmatics description: "Bit squiffy after two glasses of wine, are we?" teases a friend. What is she saying? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 30 «Soft words for hard things: 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 choice --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/t11/) [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: drinking a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/euphemisms/30-drinking-and-drugs/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs "Bit squiffy after two glasses of wine, are we?" teases a friend. What is she saying? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** squiffy · **What happens:** be, tease, say · **To what, where:** friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 30 «Soft words for hard things: 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/30-drinking-and-drugs/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Bit squiffy after two glasses of wine, are we?" teases a friend. ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t11:1 # text = "Bit squiffy after two glasses of wine, are we?" teases a friend. 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 squiffy squiffy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nsubj _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 wine wine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 11 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 14 teases tease VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | after two glasses of wine | Bit *obl:unmarked*; squiffy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tease** | present | squiffy | a friend | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=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 is she saying? ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t11:2 # text = What is she saying? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saying say 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | squiffy | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} You are not drunk at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t11:o1:1 # text = You are not drunk at all 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **drink** | present · passive | | You | | all | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} You are very drunk ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t11:o2:1 # text = You are very drunk 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 drunk drunk ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | drunk *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} You are cold ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t11:o3:1 # text = You are cold 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | cold *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} You are slightly drunk ```conllu # sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t11:o4:1 # text = You are slightly drunk 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 slightly slightly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 drunk drunk ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | You | | | | | drunk, slightly *property* | 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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