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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."

detamodnsubjpunctnsubjccompdetobjpunctdetappospunctpunctrootAnDETAmericanADJkidNOUNsaysVERB"PUNCTIPRONsnuckVERBaDETcookieNOUN,PUNCTnoDETcapNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AnaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 kiddet
2AmericanAmericanADJDegree=Pos3 kidamod
3kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5""PUNCT_7 snuckpunct
6IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 snucknsubj
7snucksnuckVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 saysccomp
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 cookiedet
9cookiecookieNOUNNumber=Sing7 snuckobj
10,,PUNCT_12 cappunct
11nonoDETPronType=Neg12 capdet
12capcapNOUNNumber=Sing9 cookieappos
13..PUNCT_7 snuckpunct
14""PUNCT_7 snuckpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenta American kidvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2snuck in a quotepresenta American kid = kida cookietree 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.)

punctpunctdetnsubjpunctdetobjpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTNoDETcapNOUN"PUNCTmeansVERBnoDETlieNOUN.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_6 meanspunct
2""PUNCT_4 cappunct
3NonoDETPronType=Neg4 capdet
4capcapNOUNNumber=Sing6 meansnsubj
5""PUNCT_4 cappunct
6meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7nonoDETPronType=Neg8 liedet
8lielieNOUNNumber=Sing6 meansobj
9..PUNCT_6 meanspunct
10))PUNCT_6 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentno capno lievn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Topic

Sentence 3: Is "snuck" a real word?

coppunctnsubjpunctdetamodpunctrootIsAUX"PUNCTsnuckNOUN"PUNCTaDETrealADJwordNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 snuckcop
2""PUNCT_3 snuckpunct
3snucksnuckNOUNNumber=Sing7 wordnsubj
4""PUNCT_3 snuckpunct
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 worddet
6realrealADJDegree=Pos7 wordamod
7wordwordNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
8??PUNCT_7 wordpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentsnucktree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, it's only used in Scotland

discoursepunctnsubj:passauxadvmodcaseoblrootNoINTJ,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXonlyADVusedVERBinADPScotlandPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg6 useddiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 usednsubj:pass
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 usedaux
5onlyonlyADV_6 usedadvmod
6useduseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
7ininADP_8 Scotlandcase
8ScotlandScotlandPROPNNumber=Sing6 usedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1usepresent · passiveitScotlandvn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, it's very common in American English

discoursepunctnsubjcopadvmodcaseamodoblrootYesINTJ,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXveryADVcommonADJinADPAmericanADJEnglishPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos6 commondiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 commonnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 commoncop
5veryveryADV_6 commonadvmod
6commoncommonADJDegree=Posrootroot
7ininADP_9 Englishcase
8AmericanAmericanADJDegree=Pos9 Englishamod
9EnglishEnglishPROPNNumber=Sing6 commonobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentitAmerican Englishcommon propertytree rules

Option 3

Yes, but only for cookies

discoursepunctccadvmodcaserootYesINTJ,PUNCTbutCCONJonlyADVforADPcookiesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos6 cookiesdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3butbutCCONJ_6 cookiescc
4onlyonlyADV_6 cookiesadvmod
5forforADP_6 cookiescase
6cookiescookieNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot

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

discoursepunctnsubjcopadvmodccnsubjauxadvmodconjobjcaseoblrootNoINTJ,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXjustADVslangNOUNandCCONJyouPRONwoAUXn'tPARTfindVERBitPRONinADPdictionariesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg6 slangdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 slangnsubj
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 slangcop
5justjustADV_6 slangadvmod
6slangslangNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7andandCCONJ_11 findcc
8youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs11 findnsubj
9wowillAUXVerbForm=Fin11 findaux
10n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg11 findadvmod
11findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf6 slangconj
12ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 findobj
13ininADP_14 dictionariescase
14dictionariesdictionaryNOUNNumber=Plur11 findobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentitslangtree rules
2not findfutureyouslangdictionariesvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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