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title: A Geordie lad at footie shouts "Howay, that goal was canny!" How did… — Accents and dialects of Britain and Ir… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Geordie lad at footie shouts "Howay, that goal was canny!" How did he find the goal? Test 2 · ★ 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 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland

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A Geordie lad at footie shouts "Howay, that goal was canny!" How did he find the goal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Geordie lad, goal, lad · **What happens:** shout, be, find · **To what, where:** Howay, goal · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Geordie lad at footie shouts "Howay, that goal was canny!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t2:1
# text = A Geordie lad at footie shouts "Howay, that goal was canny!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Geordie	Geordie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	footie	footie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Howay	Howay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	canny	canny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | a Geordie lad at footie | Howay |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent howay=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | that goal |  |  |  |  | canny *property* | tree rules |

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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:* How did he find the goal?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t2:2
# text = How did he find the goal?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · do-support | lad | the goal |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goal=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Too far away to see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t2:o1:1
# text = Too far away to see
1	Too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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

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Really good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t2:o2:1
# text = Really good
1	Really	really	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Really boring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t2:o3:1
# text = Really boring
1	Really	really	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Very lucky and a bit unfair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t2:o4:1
# text = Very lucky and a bit unfair
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	lucky	lucky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	unfair	unfair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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