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title: yo bruv, so how many kids did the widow have, innit? — The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad,… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo bruv, so how many kids did the widow have, innit? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1276 «The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad, part 1: a clever boy's mother saves up to send him to school and then to a trade» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 1 · ★ · The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad, part 1: a clever boy…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo bruv, so how many kids did the widow have, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many kids, yo bruv · **What happens:** do, have, innit · **To what, where:** widow

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1276 «The Lilac Fairy Book, The Shifty Lad, part 1: a clever boy's mother saves up to send him to school and then to a trade» of the books 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1276-pg3454-part1/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:t1:1
# text = yo bruv, so how many kids did the widow have, innit?
1	yo	yo	X	FW	_	2	compound	_	_
2	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | many kids | the widow |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent widow=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** | present | yo bruv |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **innit** | infinitive | yo bruv *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Seven, counting the baby and the twins who were born in the spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:t1:o1:1
# text = Seven, counting the baby and the twins who were born in the spring
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	twins	twin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund |  | the baby and the twins |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme |
| 2 | **bear** | past · passive |  | the baby and the twins |  |  | spring |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three, all of them boys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:t1:o2:1
# text = Three, all of them boys
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	vocative	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boy** |  | all |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She had three sons, all of them clever and healthy lads, living in the old cottage together

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:t1:o3:1
# text = She had three sons, all of them clever and healthy lads, living in the old cottage together
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
9	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | She | three sons and clever lads |  |  |  | together *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient |
| 2 | **lad** |  | all |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  | the old cottage |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cottage=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Just the one, her only son

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1276-pg3454-part1:t1:o4:1
# text = Just the one, her only son
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	_
```

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

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