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title: "Sorry I'm late, Dad had one for the road and then couldn't find his… — Soft words for hard things: drinking a… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Sorry I'm late, Dad had one for the road and then couldn't find his keys." What did Dad do? Test 2 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 ea
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# Test 2 · Soft words for hard things: drinking and drugs and religio…

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"Sorry I'm late, Dad had one for the road and then couldn't find his keys." What did Dad do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Dad · **What happens:** be, have, not find, do · **To what, where:** one, keys

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Sorry I'm late, Dad had one for the road and then couldn't find his keys."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t2:1
# text = "Sorry I'm late, Dad had one for the road and then couldn't find his keys."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	keys	key	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | past | Dad | one |  |  |  | for the road | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **find** *in a quote* | could | I *not said here* | Dad's keys |  |  | then |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Topic |

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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 did Dad do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t2:2
# text = What did Dad do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	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 | **do** | past · do-support | Dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He drove one more lap of the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t2:o1:1
# text = He drove one more lap of the town
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	lap	lap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past | He | one more lap of the town |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lap=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He ate a sandwich on the way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t2:o2:1
# text = He ate a sandwich on the way
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | He | a sandwich |  | the way |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandwich=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He bought a road map

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t2:o3:1
# text = He bought a road map
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | He | a road map |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had one last drink before leaving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate:t2:o4:1
# text = He had one last drink before leaving
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He | one last drink |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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