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title: Your Welsh auntie says "I'll put the kettle on now in a minute, love… — Accents and dialects of Britain and Ir… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your Welsh auntie says "I'll put the kettle on now in a minute, love." Should you expect tea this second? Test 6 · ★ 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;
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# Test 6 · ★ · Accents and dialects of Britain and Ireland

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Your Welsh auntie says "I'll put the kettle on now in a minute, love." Should you expect tea this second?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Welsh auntie, you · **What happens:** say, put on, expect · **To what, where:** kettle, tea · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your Welsh auntie says "I'll put the kettle on now in a minute, love."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t6:1
# text = Your Welsh auntie says "I'll put the kettle on now in a minute, love."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	auntie	auntie	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	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your Welsh auntie |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **put on** *in a quote* | future | Your Welsh auntie *= auntie* | the kettle |  |  | now; minute | love *vocative* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent kettle=Goal |

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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:* Should you expect tea this second?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t6:2
# text = Should you expect tea this second?
1	Should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	expect	expect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | should | you | tea |  |  | second |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, right this very second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t6:o1:1
# text = Yes, right this very second
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, she's saying she won't make tea at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t6:o2:1
# text = No, she's saying she won't make tea at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
10	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **make** | future | she | tea |  | all |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Product |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not quite, it'll be soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t6:o3:1
# text = Not quite, it'll be soon
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | future | it |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, she means tomorrow morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:18-accents-and-dialects-of-britain-and-ireland:t6:o4:1
# text = No, she means tomorrow morning
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | she |  |  |  | morning |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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