--- title: Aisling in Dublin: "Sure we was only messin', so we were." ("Messin'… — SATs: grammar, punctuation and spellin… · tree and pragmatics description: Aisling in Dublin: "Sure we was only messin', so we were." ("Messin'" means joking around.) Which form does the GPS test want? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 52 «SATs: grammar, punctuation and spelling paper» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [SATs: grammar, punctuation and spellin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · SATs: grammar, punctuation and spelling paper Aisling in Dublin: "Sure we was only messin', so we were." ("Messin'" means joking around.) Which form does the GPS test want? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we, Messin, form, GPS test · **What happens:** aisle, be, mean, joke around, do, want · **To what, where:** Dublin, messin This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 52 «SATs: grammar, punctuation and spelling paper» 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/52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Aisling in Dublin: "Sure we was only messin', so we were." ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t2:1 # text = Aisling in Dublin: "Sure we was only messin', so we were." 1 Aisling aisle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Dublin Dublin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Sure sure INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ _ 7 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 only only ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 messin messin NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **aisle** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | Dublin | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | we | messin | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | past | we | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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:* ("Messin'" means joking around.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t2:2 # text = ("Messin'" means joking around.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Messin Messin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 joking joke VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 around around ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Messin | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **joke around** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | gerund | Messin *not said here* | | | | | around *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* Which form does the GPS test want? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t2:3 # text = Which form does the GPS test want? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 GPS GPS PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 test test NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | which form | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **want** | infinitive | the GPS test | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} we were ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t2:o1:1 # text = we were 1 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | we | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} we was ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t2:o2:1 # text = we was 1 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | we | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} we be ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t2:o3:1 # text = we be 1 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | infinitive | we | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} we is ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t2:o4:1 # text = we is 1 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | we | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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