Test 8 · ★ · Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland

In a cartoon, a Scottish character only says "Och aye the noo!" Is that real Scots?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Scottish character, that · What happens: say, be · To what, where: cartoon, real Scots · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 18 «Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland» of the language 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, a Scottish character only says "Och aye the noo!"

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 says	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 character	det
6	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 character	amod
7	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 says	advmod
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 noo	punct
11	Och	och	INTJ	_	14 noo	discourse
12	aye	aye	ADP	_	14 noo	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 noo	det
14	noo	noo	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	ccomp
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	14 noo	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 noo	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Scottish character			a cartoon			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Manner

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: Is that real Scots?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Scots	cop
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 Scots	nsubj
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Scots	amod
4	Scots	Scot	PROPN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 Scots	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	real Scots					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, that's the only phrase anyone in Scotland ever says

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	12 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 anyone	punct
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 anyone	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 anyone	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 anyone	det
6	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 anyone	amod
7	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 anyone	compound
8	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 says	nsubj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Scotland	case
10	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 anyone	nmod
11	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	12 says	advmod
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	anyone		Scotland			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	anyone				ever		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, it means hello and goodbye and nothing else exists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	hello	hello	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 goodbye	cc
7	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hello	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 nothing	cc
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 hello	conj
10	else	else	ADV	_	9 nothing	advmod
11	exists	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	hello and goodbye					tree rules
2	exist	present							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It's a cartoon cliché; real Scots has many words, like ken, dinnae, fash

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cliché	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cliché	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cliché	det
4	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cliché	compound
5	cliché	cliché	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	nsubj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 Scots	punct
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Scots	amod
8	Scots	Scot	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 cliché	appos
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 words	amod
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 has	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ken	punct
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 ken	case
14	ken	ken	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 words	appos
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 dinnae	punct
16	dinnae	dinnae	X	Foreign=Yes	11 words	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 fash	punct
18	fash	fash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 words	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a cartoon cliché	tree rules
2	have	present	a cartoon cliché	many words	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient
3	fash	present	many words not said here		tree rules

Option 4

No, real Scots people only speak Gaelic at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 Scots	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Scots	punct
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Scots	amod
4	Scots	Scot	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 speak	nsubj
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 speak	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 speak	advmod
7	speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Gaelic	gaelic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 speak	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 home	case
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	real Scots			home		gaelic property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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