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title: Your cousin says "you can't google something, Google's a company, in… — Verbs: doing words and being words · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin says "you can't google something, Google's a company, innit." What's the best reply? Test 5 of lesson 3 «Verbs: doing words and being 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 righ
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# Test 5 · Verbs: doing words and being words

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Your cousin says "you can't google something, Google's a company, innit." What's the best reply?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, you, Google, best reply · **What happens:** say, not google, be, innit · **To what, where:** something, company · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 3 «Verbs: doing words and being 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/3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin says "you can't google something, Google's a company, innit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t5:1
# text = Your cousin says "you can't google something, Google's a company, innit."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	google	google	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	Google	Google	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	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 cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **google** *in a quote* | can | you | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Google | a company |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **innit** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* What's the best reply?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t5:2
# text = What's the best reply?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	reply	reply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the best reply |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He's right, brand names can never be used as verbs in English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t5:o1:1
# text = He's right, brand names can never be used as verbs in English
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	brand	brand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	verbs	verb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **use** | can · passive |  | brand names |  |  |  | as verbs in English | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as verb=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Brand names often become verbs, like google and hoover

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t5:o2:1
# text = Brand names often become verbs, like google and hoover
1	Brand	brand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	often	often	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	verbs	verb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	google	Google	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hoover	hoover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | Brand names | verbs and google and hoover |  |  |  | often *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only in America is googling allowed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t5:o3:1
# text = Only in America is googling allowed
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	America	America	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	googling	google	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **google** | present · progressive | America |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **allow** | participle | America *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To google means to buy a phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t5:o4:1
# text = To google means to buy a phone
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	google	google	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **google** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | a phone |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme |

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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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