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title: A Scottish nan says "Yer story's braw, hen, but it's aw wan lump." (… — Paragraphs and cohesion: holding a tex… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Scottish nan says "Yer story's braw, hen, but it's aw wan lump." ("Braw" is lovely, "hen" a friendly word, "aw wan lump" is all one lump.) What does she want? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 37 «Paragraphs and cohesion: holding a text together» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Test 5 · ★ · Paragraphs and cohesion: holding a text together

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A Scottish nan says "Yer story's braw, hen, but it's aw wan lump." ("Braw" is lovely, "hen" a friendly word, "aw wan lump" is all one lump.) What does she want?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Scottish nan, nan, Braw, friendly word · **What happens:** say, be, want · **To what, where:** aw wan lump, one lump · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 37 «Paragraphs and cohesion: holding a text together» of the English 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/english/37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Scottish nan says "Yer story's braw, hen, but it's aw wan lump."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together:t5:1
# text = A Scottish nan says "Yer story's braw, hen, but it's aw wan lump."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Yer	yer	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	braw	braw	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	aw	aw	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	wan	wan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Scottish nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | nan | aw wan lump |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* ("Braw" is lovely, "hen" a friendly word, "aw wan lump" is all one lump.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together:t5:2
# text = ("Braw" is lovely, "hen" a friendly word, "aw wan lump" is all one lump.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Braw	Braw	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	aw	aw	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	wan	wan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
21	all	all	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
22	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
23	lump	lump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Braw |  |  |  |  | lovely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a friendly word | one lump |  |  |  | all *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What does she want?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together:t5:3
# text = What does she want?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present · do-support | Braw |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A shorter title

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together:t5:o1:1
# text = A shorter title
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shorter	short	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bigger handwriting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together:t5:o2:1
# text = Bigger handwriting
1	Bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
More pictures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together:t5:o3:1
# text = More pictures
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Paragraphs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:37-paragraphs-and-cohesion-holding-a-text-together:t5:o4:1
# text = Paragraphs
1	Paragraphs	paragraph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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