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title: Mira from Derby says her pal from Bristol is "proper nesh" for weari… — Verbs: doing words and being words · tree and pragmatics
description: Mira from Derby says her pal from Bristol is "proper nesh" for wearing a scarf in May. What does she mean? Test 8 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 choic
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# Test 8 · Verbs: doing words and being words

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Mira from Derby says her pal from Bristol is "proper nesh" for wearing a scarf in May. What does she mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mira, pal · **What happens:** say, be, wear, mean · **To what, where:** proper nesh, scarf · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mira from Derby says her pal from Bristol is "proper nesh" for wearing a scarf in May.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t8:1
# text = Mira from Derby says her pal from Bristol is "proper nesh" for wearing a scarf in May.
1	Mira	Mira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Derby	Derby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Bristol	Bristol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	nesh	nesh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	scarf	scarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	May	May	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mira from Derby |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Mira's pal from Bristol | proper nesh |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **wear** | gerund | Mira from Derby *not said here* | a scarf |  |  | may |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent scarf=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:* What does she mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t8:2
# text = What does she mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Her pal is very fashionable and loves scarves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t8:o1:1
# text = Her pal is very fashionable and loves scarves
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fashionable	fashionable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	scarves	scarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Her pal |  |  |  |  | fashionable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **love** | present | Her pal *not said here* | scarves |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer scarf=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her pal is very brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t8:o2:1
# text = Her pal is very brave
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Her pal |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her pal is very angry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t8:o3:1
# text = Her pal is very angry
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Her pal |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Her pal feels the cold very easily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:3-verbs-doing-words-and-being-words:t8:o4:1
# text = Her pal feels the cold very easily
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pal	pal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | Her pal | the cold |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme |

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