--- title: ★★★ A story says: "I runned to the shop and buyed some sweets, then… — Editing and redrafting · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ A story says: "I runned to the shop and buyed some sweets, then I eat them all." How many verbs need fixing? 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How many verbs need fixing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, story, many verbs · **What happens:** ★, say, runn, buye, eat, need · **To what, where:** sweets · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 of lesson 43 «Editing and redrafting» 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/43-editing-and-redrafting/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ A story says: "I runned to the shop and buyed some sweets, then I eat them all." ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:t9:1 # text = ★★★ A story says: "I runned to the shop and buyed some sweets, then I eat them all." 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 runned runn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 buyed buye VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 22 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **★** | present | ★ | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a story | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **runn** *in a quote* | past | a story *= story* | | | | | to the shop | tree rules | | 4 | **buye** *in a quote* | past | a story *= story* *not said here* | some sweets | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **eat** *in a quote* | present | a story *= story* | sweets *= sweet* | | | then | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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:* How many verbs need fixing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:t9:2 # text = How many verbs need fixing? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 verbs verb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 fixing fix VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | many verbs | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **fix** *not said to happen* | gerund | many verbs *not said here* | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Five ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:t9:o1:1 # text = Five 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} One ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:t9:o2:1 # text = One 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:t9:o3:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Three ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:t9:o4:1 # text = Three 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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