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title: Press release: "The singer is receiving help for substance abuse." W… — Soft words for hard things: drinking a… · tree and pragmatics
description: Press release: "The singer is receiving help for substance abuse." What is the singer's problem? Test 4 · ★ 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; Mov
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# Test 4 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs

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Press release: "The singer is receiving help for substance abuse." What is the singer's problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** singer, problem · **What happens:** receive, be · **To what, where:** help

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Press release: "The singer is receiving help for substance abuse."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t4:1
# text = Press release: "The singer is receiving help for substance abuse."
1	Press	press	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	release	release	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
9	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	abuse	abuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the singer | help |  |  |  | for substance abuse | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=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 the singer's problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t4:2
# text = What is the singer's problem?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the singer's problem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A sore throat that stops her singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t4:o1:1
# text = A sore throat that stops her singing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | a sore throat | her singing |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality singing=Eventuality |
| 2 | **sing** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Too much work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t4:o2:1
# text = Too much work
1	Too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Addiction to drugs or alcohol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t4:o3:1
# text = Addiction to drugs or alcohol
1	Addiction	addiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	drugs	drug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	alcohol	alcohol	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stage fright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t4:o4:1
# text = Stage fright
1	Stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	fright	fright	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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