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title: Kai's mate from Alabama says "y'all want biscuits with gravy?" ("Y'a… — British and American words · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai's mate from Alabama says "y'all want biscuits with gravy?" ("Y'all" means you all.) What will arrive? Test 7 of lesson 21 «British and American words» 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 wr
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# Test 7 · British and American words

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Kai's mate from Alabama says "y'all want biscuits with gravy?" ("Y'all" means you all.) What will arrive?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, y'all · **What happens:** say, want, mean, arrive · **To what, where:** biscuits, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 21 «British and American words» 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/21-british-and-american-words/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai's mate from Alabama says "y'all want biscuits with gravy?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t7:1
# text = Kai's mate from Alabama says "y'all want biscuits with gravy?"
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Alabama	Alabama	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	y'all	y'all	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
9	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	gravy	gravy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Kai's mate from Alabama |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | y'all | biscuits |  |  |  | with gravy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot biscuit=Theme |

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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:* ("Y'all" means you all.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t7:2
# text = ("Y'all" means you all.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Y'all	Y'all	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Y'all | you |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What will arrive?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t7:3
# text = What will arrive?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | future |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Chocolate cookies with gravy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t7:o1:1
# text = Chocolate cookies with gravy
1	Chocolate	chocolate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	cookies	cookie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	gravy	gravy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Crisps with gravy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t7:o2:1
# text = Crisps with gravy
1	Crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	gravy	gravy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Soft bread rolls with gravy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t7:o3:1
# text = Soft bread rolls with gravy
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rolls	roll	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gravy	gravy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | present | Soft bread |  |  |  |  | with gravy | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with gravy=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Crackers with jam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:21-british-and-american-words:t7:o4:1
# text = Crackers with jam
1	Crackers	cracker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	jam	jam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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