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title: "Had a pint of Dutch courage before his speech." Why did he drink? — Soft words for hard things: drinking a… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Had a pint of Dutch courage before his speech." Why did he drink? Test 5 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs

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"Had a pint of Dutch courage before his speech." Why did he drink?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** his, he · **What happens:** have, speak, drink · **To what, where:** pint · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Had a pint of Dutch courage before his speech."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t5:1
# text = "Had a pint of Dutch courage before his speech."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pint	pint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past |  | a pint of Dutch courage |  |  | before his speech |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pint=Patient |
| 2 | **speak** *in a quote* |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Why did he drink?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t5:2
# text = Why did he drink?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drink** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Because he is Dutch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t5:o1:1
# text = Because he is Dutch
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	Dutch	dutch	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To celebrate the speech

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t5:o2:1
# text = To celebrate the speech
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | to-infinitive |  | the speech |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To feel brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t5:o3:1
# text = To feel brave
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	feel	feel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To quench his thirst

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:30-drinking-and-drugs:t5:o4:1
# text = To quench his thirst
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	quench	quench	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	thirst	thirst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **quench** | to-infinitive |  | his thirst |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thirst=Experiencer |
| 2 | **thirst** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom thirst «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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