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title: A Gen Z shop sign says "Fresh bagel's, they slay." ("Slay" means are… — Plurals that make no sense: mice, shee… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Gen Z shop sign says "Fresh bagel's, they slay." ("Slay" means are amazing.) What's the fix? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Plurals that make no sense: mice, sheep and geese» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Plurals that make no sense: mice, sheep and geese

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A Gen Z shop sign says "Fresh bagel's, they slay." ("Slay" means are amazing.) What's the fix?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** shop sign, they, Slay, fix · **What happens:** say, slay, mean, be · **To what, where:** Fresh bagel · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Gen Z shop sign says "Fresh bagel's, they slay."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t5:1
# text = A Gen Z shop sign says "Fresh bagel's, they slay."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	Gen	gen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Z	z	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bagel	bagel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	slay	slay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a shop sign | Fresh bagel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **slay** *in a quote* | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* ("Slay" means are amazing.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t5:2
# text = ("Slay" means are amazing.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Slay	Slay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	amazing	amazing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Slay |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | present | Slay *not said here* |  |  |  |  | amazing *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the fix?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t5:3
# text = What's the fix?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fix	fix	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the fix |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Fresh bagel's', they slay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t5:o1:1
# text = Fresh bagel's', they slay
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bagel	bagel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	',	',	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	slay	slay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | present | they | Fresh bagel's ', *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ',=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fresh bagels, they slay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t5:o2:1
# text = Fresh bagels, they slay
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bagels	bagel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	slay	slay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | present | Fresh bagels |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fresh bagel's is correct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t5:o3:1
# text = Fresh bagel's is correct
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bagel	bagel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Fresh bagel |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fresh bagels's, they slay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t5:o4:1
# text = Fresh bagels's, they slay
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bagels	bagel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	slay	slay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slay** | present | Fresh bagels |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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