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Test 3 · ★ · Standard English and dialect: "we was" in talk, "we were"…

In a cartoon, the posh character always speaks "properly" and the farmer always "wrongly". What is the cartoon getting wrong?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: posh character, cartoon · What happens: speak, be, get · To what, where: cartoon · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 38 «Standard English and dialect: "we was" in talk, "we were" in writing» of the English 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.

The question

Sentence 1: In a cartoon, the posh character always speaks "properly" and the farmer always "wrongly".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 speaks	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 character	det
6	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 character	amod
7	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 speaks	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 speaks	advmod
9	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 properly	punct
11	properly	properly	ADV	_	9 speaks	advmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 properly	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 farmer	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 farmer	det
15	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 speaks	conj
16	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	18 wrongly	advmod
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 wrongly	punct
18	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	15 farmer	advmod
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 farmer	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 speaks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	the posh character			a cartoon		always, properly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: What is the cartoon getting wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cartoon	det
4	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 cartoon	acl
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 getting	xcomp
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the cartoon						tree rules
2	get	gerund	the cartoon not said here					wrong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

The options

Option 1

Cartoons must use only Standard English

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 use	aux
3	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 English	advmod
5	Standard	Standard	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 English	compound
6	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	must	Cartoons	Standard English					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent english=Patient

Option 2

Farmers never speak with an accent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 speak	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 speak	advmod
3	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 accent	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 accent	det
6	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not speak speech: other	present	Farmers					with a accent	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with accent=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Posh people never use any dialect

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 use	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 use	advmod
4	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 dialect	det
6	dialect	dialect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	present	Posh people	any dialect					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dialect=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The farmer's dialect has rules too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dialect	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 farmer	case
4	dialect	dialect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 has	obj
7	too	too	ADV	_	5 has	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the farmer's dialect	rules					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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