--- title: Puzzle: in Doric, wh- often becomes f-. What would "Where are you go… — Accents and dialects of Britain and Ir… · tree and pragmatics description: Puzzle: in Doric, wh- often becomes f-. What would "Where are you going?" start with? 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What would "Where are you going?" start with? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** become, go, start This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 18 «Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland» 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/18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Puzzle: in Doric, wh- often becomes f-. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t11:1 # text = Puzzle: in Doric, wh- often becomes f-. 1 Puzzle puzzle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Doric doric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 wh wh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ _ 8 often often ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 f for ADP IN Abbr=Yes 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | | | | | | often *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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:* What would "Where are you going?" start with? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t11:2 # text = What would "Where are you going?" start with? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | would · progressive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **start** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Whar ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t11:o1:1 # text = Whar 1 Whar Whar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Far ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t11:o2:1 # text = Far 1 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Wear ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t11:o3:1 # text = Wear 1 Wear wear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Fur ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t11:o4:1 # text = Fur 1 Fur fur NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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