--- title: Gran from the Black Country: "It's bostin' how yow cracked it, bab."… — Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made… · tree and pragmatics description: Gran from the Black Country: "It's bostin' how yow cracked it, bab." ("Bostin'" means great; "bab" is a fond word for a child.) Tano: how do you say "I don't like"? Test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 58 «Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages/t8/) [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/) / [Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages Gran from the Black Country: "It's bostin' how yow cracked it, bab." ("Bostin'" means great; "bab" is a fond word for a child.) Tano: how do you say "I don't like"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Country, Bostin, bab, you, I · **What happens:** be, crack, mean, say, not like · **To what, where:** bostin, Country, fond word · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 58 «Olympiad: Breakthrough puzzles in made-up languages» 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/58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Gran from the Black Country: "It's bostin' how yow cracked it, bab." ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t8:1 # text = Gran from the Black Country: "It's bostin' how yow cracked it, bab." 1 Gran Gran PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Black Black PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 bostin bostin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 yow yow ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 cracked crack VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 bab bab NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Country | bostin and bab | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **crack** *in a quote* | past | Country *not said here* | Country | | | | yow *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=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:* ("Bostin'" means great; "bab" is a fond word for a child.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t8:2 # text = ("Bostin'" means great; "bab" is a fond word for a child.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Bostin Bostin 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 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 bab bab NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Bostin | | | | | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | bab | a fond word | | | | for a child | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Tano: how do you say "I don't like"? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t8:3 # text = Tano: how do you say "I don't like"? 1 Tano Tano PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 4 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT " _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **like** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Ne ti ama ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t8:o1:1 # text = Ne ti ama 1 Ne ne NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 ti ti X XX _ 1 conj _ _ 3 ama ama NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Ti ama ne ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t8:o2:1 # text = Ti ama ne 1 Ti ti ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 ama ama NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 ne ne NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Ti ne ama ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t8:o3:1 # text = Ti ne ama 1 Ti ti ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 ne ne NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 ama ama NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Ka ne ama ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:58-olympiad-breakthrough-puzzles-in-made-up-languages:t8:o4:1 # text = Ka ne ama 1 Ka Ka X FW Foreign=Yes 3 dep _ _ 2 ne ne NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 ama ama NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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