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title: News: "The footballer has gone into treatment and asks for privacy."… — Soft words for hard things: drinking a… · tree and pragmatics
description: News: "The footballer has gone into treatment and asks for privacy." What has really happened? Test 1 of lesson 31 «Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religion and fate» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Test 1 · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religio…

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News: "The footballer has gone into treatment and asks for privacy." What has really happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** News · **What happens:** go, ask, happen · **To what, where:** treatment

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This is test 1 of lesson 31 «Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religion and fate» 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/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* News: "The footballer has gone into treatment and asks for privacy."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t1:1
# text = News: "The footballer has gone into treatment and asks for privacy."
1	News	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	footballer	footballer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	privacy	privacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** *in a quote* | present · perfect | News |  |  | treatment |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into treatment=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present | News *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for privacy | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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:* What has really happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t1:2
# text = What has really happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	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 | **happen** | present · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He is on holiday with his family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t1:o1:1
# text = He is on holiday with his family
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	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  | holiday |  | with his family | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He has started a new job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t1:o2:1
# text = He has started a new job
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	started	start	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | present · perfect | He | a new job |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |

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

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He is getting help for an addiction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t1:o3:1
# text = He is getting help for an addiction
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	addiction	addiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · progressive | He | help |  |  |  | for a addiction | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent help=Theme for addiction=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He has hurt his leg badly in training on Saturday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t1:o4:1
# text = He has hurt his leg badly in training on Saturday
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	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	training	training	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · perfect | He | his leg |  | training on Saturday |  | badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient |

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