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title: "Bloody hell, he's legless — get him a taxi." What is wrong with him? — Soft words for hard things: drinking a… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Bloody hell, he's legless — get him a taxi." What is wrong with him? Test 3 · ★ 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 was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs

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"Bloody hell, he's legless — get him a taxi." What is wrong with him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bloody hell · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** taxi, him

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Bloody hell, he's legless — get him a taxi."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t3:1
# text = "Bloody hell, he's legless — get him a taxi."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	legless	legless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	taxi	taxi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Bloody hell |  |  |  |  | legless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a taxi | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary taxi=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is wrong with him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t3:2
# text = What is wrong with him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with him *= he*; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He has hurt both his legs playing football

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t3:o1:1
# text = He has hurt both his legs playing football
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	both	both	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · perfect | He | his legs |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | He *not said here* | football |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is too lazy to walk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t3:o2:1
# text = He is too lazy to walk
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He has lost his shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t3:o3:1
# text = He has lost his shoes
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect | He | his shoes |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He is so drunk he cannot stand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t3:o4:1
# text = He is so drunk he cannot stand
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	drunk	drunk	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | drunk *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **stand** | can | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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