Test 2 · ★★ · Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes
An American kid says "I snuck a cookie, no cap." ("No cap" means no lie.) Is "snuck" a real word?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: American kid, cap · What happens: say, snuck, mean, be · To what, where: cookie, lie, snuck · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes» 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: An American kid says "I snuck a cookie, no cap."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 2 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kid | amod |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 snuck | punct |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 snuck | nsubj |
| 7 | snuck | snuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cookie | det |
| 9 | cookie | cookie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 snuck | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 cap | punct |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 cap | det |
| 12 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cookie | appos |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 snuck | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 snuck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a American kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | snuck in a quote | present | a American kid = kid | a cookie | 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: ("No cap" means no lie.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 cap | punct |
| 3 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 cap | det |
| 4 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 cap | punct |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 lie | det |
| 8 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | no cap | no lie | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Topic |
Sentence 3: Is "snuck" a real word?
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 | 3 snuck | cop |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 snuck | punct |
| 3 | snuck | snuck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 word | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 snuck | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 word | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 word | amod |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 word | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | snuck | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, it's only used in Scotland
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 used | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 used | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 used | aux |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 used | advmod |
| 6 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Scotland | case |
| 8 | Scotland | Scotland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · passive | it | Scotland | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, it's very common in American English
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 common | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 common | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 common | cop |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 common | advmod |
| 6 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 English | case |
| 8 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 English | amod |
| 9 | English | English | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 common | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | American English | common property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, but only for cookies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 cookies | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 cookies | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 cookies | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 cookies | case |
| 6 | cookies | cookie | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
No, it's just slang and you won't find it in dictionaries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 slang | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 slang | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 slang | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 slang | advmod |
| 6 | slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 find | cc |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 find | nsubj |
| 9 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 find | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 find | advmod |
| 11 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 slang | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 find | obj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 dictionaries | case |
| 14 | dictionaries | dictionary | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 find | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | slang | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not find | future | you | slang | dictionaries | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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