--- title: A puzzle: in a made-up language the plural of "pod" is "peed" and of… — Plurals that make no sense: mice, shee… · tree and pragmatics description: A puzzle: in a made-up language the plural of "pod" is "peed" and of "tok" is "teek". What is the plural of "lob"? 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What is the plural of "lob"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** plural · **What happens:** make up, pee, be · **To what, where:** puzzle, teek This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Plurals that make no sense: mice, sheep and geese» of the language 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/language/10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A puzzle: in a made-up language the plural of "pod" is "peed" and of "tok" is "teek". ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t11:1 # text = A puzzle: in a made-up language the plural of "pod" is "peed" and of "tok" is "teek". 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 puzzle puzzle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 plural plural NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 pod pod NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 peed pee VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 " " PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 tok tok NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 " " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 " " PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 teek teek NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 " " PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pee** *in a quote* | present · passive | | a puzzle in a made language | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | | teek | | | | of tok | tree rules | 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 is the plural of "lob"? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t11:2 # text = What is the plural of "lob"? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 plural plural NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 lob lob NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the plural of lob | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} leeb ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t11:o1:1 # text = leeb 1 leeb leeb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} lobs ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t11:o2:1 # text = lobs 1 lobs lob NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} lobben ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t11:o3:1 # text = lobben 1 lobben lobben NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} lib ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t11:o4:1 # text = lib 1 lib lib 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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