--- title: A Geordie nan says "Get the bairns their tea, pet." ("Pet" is a frie… — Plurals that make no sense: mice, shee… · tree and pragmatics description: A Geordie nan says "Get the bairns their tea, pet." ("Pet" is a friendly word like love; "tea" here is the evening meal.) Who gets fed? 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Who gets fed? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Geordie nan, Pet, tea · **What happens:** say, get, be, feed · **To what, where:** bairns, friendly word, evening meal · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Geordie nan says "Get the bairns their tea, pet." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t2:1 # text = A Geordie nan says "Get the bairns their tea, pet." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Geordie Geordie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 nan nan NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bairns bairn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Geordie nan | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the bairns | | | | pet *vocative* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent bairn=Beneficiary tea=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:* ("Pet" is a friendly word like love; "tea" here is the evening meal.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t2:2 # text = ("Pet" is a friendly word like love; "tea" here is the evening meal.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 " " PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 15 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 19 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Pet | a friendly word | | | | like love | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | tea | the evening meal | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Who gets fed? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t2:3 # text = Who gets fed? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 gets get AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feed** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The baby animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t2:o1:1 # text = The baby animals 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The children ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t2:o2:1 # text = The children 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The neighbours ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t2:o3:1 # text = The neighbours 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The pets ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t2:o4:1 # text = The pets 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 pets pet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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