--- title: Lad in Leeds: «was proper poorly, miss» — but his mate says «you wer… — «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework · tree and pragmatics description: Lad in Leeds: «was proper poorly, miss» — but his mate says «you were bossing it in the ginnel last night». What's a ginnel? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 426 ««The dog ate it»: excuses for homework» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/t3/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [«The dog ate it»: excuses for homework](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · «The dog ate it»: excuses for homework Lad in Leeds: «was proper poorly, miss» — but his mate says «you were bossing it in the ginnel last night». What's a ginnel? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, you, ginnel · **What happens:** be, say, boss · **To what, where:** poorly miss, mate, ginnel · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 426 ««The dog ate it»: excuses for homework» of the everyday 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/everyday/426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Lad in Leeds: «was proper poorly, miss» — but his mate says «you were bossing it in the ginnel last night». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:t3:1 # text = Lad in Leeds: «was proper poorly, miss» — but his mate says «you were bossing it in the ginnel last night». 1 Lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Leeds Leeds PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 proper properly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 poorly poorly ADV RB _ 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 miss miss NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 17 « « PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 bossing boss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 ccomp _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 ginnel ginnel NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 27 » » PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | | poorly miss | | | | properly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Leeds's mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **boss** *in a quote* | past · progressive | you | mate | | the ginnel | night | | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | 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:* What's a ginnel? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:t3:2 # text = What's a ginnel? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ginnel ginnel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a ginnel | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A doctor's busy waiting room ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:t3:o1:1 # text = A doctor's busy waiting room 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} A kind of football boot with studs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:t3:o2:1 # text = A kind of football boot with studs 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 football football NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 boot boot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 studs stud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A school playground with goals ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:t3:o3:1 # text = A school playground with goals 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 playground playground NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 goals goal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A narrow alley between houses ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:426-the-dog-ate-it-excuses-for-homework:t3:o4:1 # text = A narrow alley between houses 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 narrow narrow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 alley alley NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 between between ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ ``` 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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