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How many children? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Glaswegian dad, that · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** Two weans, Glaswegian dad, Dug dog, Scots · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Glaswegian dad says "Two weans and a dug, that's me." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t8:1 # text = A Glaswegian dad says "Two weans and a dug, that's me." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Glaswegian glaswegian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 dad dad 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 `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 weans wean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 dug dug NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Glaswegian dad | Two weans and a dug | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent wean=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | a Glaswegian dad *= dad* | | | | | 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:* ("Dug" is dog in Scots.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t8:2 # text = ("Dug" is dog in Scots.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Dug Dug PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Scots Scot PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | Dug dog | | Scots | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* How many children? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t8:3 # text = How many children? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t8:o1:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} One ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t8:o2:1 # text = One 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Three ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t8:o3:1 # text = Three 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} None ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:10-plurals-mice-sheep-and-geese:t8:o4:1 # text = None 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 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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