Test 7 · ★★ · Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes
In a cartoon, a caveman says "Me catched fish, me bringed it home." Fix the verbs only.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: caveman, you · What happens: say, catche, bringe, fix · To what, where: cartoon, fish, verbs · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: In a cartoon, a caveman says "Me catched fish, me bringed it home."
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 | 7 says | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 caveman | det |
| 6 | caveman | caveman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 catched | punct |
| 9 | Me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 catched | nsubj |
| 10 | catched | catche | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 says | ccomp |
| 11 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 catched | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 bringed | punct |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 bringed | nsubj |
| 14 | bringed | bringe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 catched | conj |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 bringed | obj |
| 16 | home | home | ADV | _ | 14 bringed | advmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a caveman | a cartoon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | catche in a quote | past | a caveman = caveman | fish | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | bringe in a quote | past | a caveman = caveman | fish | home property | 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: Fix the verbs only.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 verbs | det |
| 3 | verbs | verb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Fix | obj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 1 Fix | advmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | imperative | you not said here | the verbs | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent verb=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
caught, brought
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 brought | punct |
| 3 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 caught | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | participle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | bring | participle | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
catched, brang
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catched | catche | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 brang | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 catched | punct |
| 3 | brang | brang | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catche | participle | tree rules |
Option 3
cotch, brung
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cotch | cotch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 brung | punct |
| 3 | brung | brung | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 cotch | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
caught, brang
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 brang | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 caught | punct |
| 3 | brang | brang | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | participle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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