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title: In respect of the Irish English word "eejit", which statement is mos… — Accents and dialects of Britain and Ir… · tree and pragmatics
description: In respect of the Irish English word "eejit", which statement is most accurate? Exam question 4 of lesson 18 «Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri
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# Exam question 4 · Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland

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In respect of the Irish English word "eejit", which statement is most accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Irish English word · **What happens:** be, respect · **To what, where:** Irish English word

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 18 «Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland» of the language course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:e4:1
# text = In respect of the Irish English word "eejit", which statement is most accurate?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	eejit	eejit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
13	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	16	advmod	_	_
16	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the Irish English word |  |  |  |  | accurate *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | the Irish English word |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It denotes a fool but is frequently employed with affection

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:e4:o1:1
# text = It denotes a fool but is frequently employed with affection
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	frequently	frequently	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	affection	affection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | a fool |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fool=Topic |
| 2 | **employ** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | with affection; frequently *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is invariably a grave insult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:e4:o2:1
# text = It is invariably a grave insult
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	grave	grave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	insult	insult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a grave insult |  |  |  | invariably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a term of praise for intelligence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:e4:o3:1
# text = It is a term of praise for intelligence
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a term |  |  |  | of praise; for intelligence | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It denotes a close friend exclusively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:e4:o4:1
# text = It denotes a close friend exclusively
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | It | a close friend |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot friend=Topic |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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