--- title: A Welsh lad says "Mam's tamping, I'm off home now in a minute." ("Ma… — Formal and informal: a mate versus the… · tree and pragmatics description: A Welsh lad says "Mam's tamping, I'm off home now in a minute." ("Mam" is mum.) How does his mum feel? 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How does his mum feel? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Welsh lad, Mam, mum · **What happens:** say, be, feel · **To what, where:** tamping, mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 of lesson 16 «Formal and informal: a mate versus the head teacher» 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/16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Welsh lad says "Mam's tamping, I'm off home now in a minute." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:t5:1 # text = A Welsh lad says "Mam's tamping, I'm off home now in a minute." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Welsh welsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 lad lad 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 `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Mam Mam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 tamping tamping NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 off off ADV RB _ 8 conj _ _ 13 home home ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Welsh lad | Mam's tamping | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent tamping=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | a Welsh lad *= lad* | | | | now; minute | home, off *property* | 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:* ("Mam" is mum.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:t5:2 # text = ("Mam" is mum.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Mam Mam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Mam | mum | | | | | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* How does his mum feel? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:t5:3 # text = How does his mum feel? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | present · do-support | Mam's mum | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Very happy and calm ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:t5:o1:1 # text = Very happy and calm 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Very sleepy and tired ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:t5:o2:1 # text = Very sleepy and tired 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 sleepy sleepy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Very cross and annoyed with him ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:t5:o3:1 # text = Very cross and annoyed with him 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 cross cross ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Very hungry and thirsty ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:16-formal-and-informal-a-mate-versus-the-head-teacher:t5:o4:1 # text = Very hungry and thirsty 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` 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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