Test 4 · The big language quiz

Your grandad from Yorkshire says "ah brung thee a present, lad." ("Thee" is an old word for you.) In standard English what is the past of "bring"?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: grandad, thee · What happens: say, present, be, bring · To what, where: old word, past, standard English · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 40 «The big language quiz» 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: Your grandad from Yorkshire says "ah brung thee a present, lad."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 grandad	nmod:poss
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Yorkshire	case
4	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 grandad	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 present	punct
7	ah	ah	INTJ	_	11 present	discourse
8	brung	brung	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ah	vocative
9	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	11 present	nsubj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 present	det
11	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lad	punct
13	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 present	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 present	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 present	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your grandad from Yorkshire						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	present in a quote		thee						tree rules

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: ("Thee" is an old word for you.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	8 word	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Thee	punct
3	Thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	8 word	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Thee	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 word	cop
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 word	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 word	amod
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 you	case
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 word	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 word	punct
12	)	)	PUNCT	_	8 word	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Thee	a old word				for you	tree rules

Sentence 3: In standard English what is the past of "bring"?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 English	case
2	standard	standard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 English	amod
3	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 past	obl
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 past	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 past	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 past	det
7	past	past	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	10 bring	mark
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 bring	punct
10	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 past	advcl
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 bring	punct
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 past	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the past		standard English			tree rules
2	bring in a quote	infinitive							vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Brang

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brang	Brang	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Bringed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bringed	bringed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Brought

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	participle							vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Brung

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brung	Brung	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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