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title: bruv, what's a laths, is it like a sweet or summat? — pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2:… · tree and pragmatics
description: bruv, what's a laths, is it like a sweet or summat? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 1897 «pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace returns home, and the youngest son meets the hare and the Porcelain Maiden» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 3 · ★ · pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace re…

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bruv, what's a laths, is it like a sweet or summat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bruv · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** laths

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1897 «pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace returns home, and the youngest son meets the hare and the Porcelain Maiden» 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/1897-pg7277-part34/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1897-pg7277-part34:t3:1
# text = bruv, what's a laths, is it like a sweet or summat?
1	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	laths	lath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	summat	summat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | bruv and a laths | a laths |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | bruv and a laths |  |  |  |  | like a sweet or summat | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Thin bits of wood under the roof tiles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1897-pg7277-part34:t3:o1:1
# text = Thin bits of wood under the roof tiles
1	Thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bits	bit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tiles	tile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some kind of pastry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1897-pg7277-part34:t3:o2:1
# text = Some kind of pastry
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pastry	pastry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A sweet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1897-pg7277-part34:t3:o3:1
# text = A sweet
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Narrow boards that hold up the roof sheets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1897-pg7277-part34:t3:o4:1
# text = Narrow boards that hold up the roof sheets
1	Narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	boards	board	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	sheets	sheet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold up** | present | Narrow boards | the roof sheets |  |  |  |  | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sheet=Theme |

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