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title: Your mate laughs at his little sister for "I runned fast." What's th… — Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate laughs at his little sister for "I runned fast." What's the kind thing to tell him? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes

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Your mate laughs at his little sister for "I runned fast." What's the kind thing to tell him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, I, kind thing · **What happens:** laugh, runn, be, tell · **To what, where:** mate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes» 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/9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate laughs at his little sister for "I runned fast."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t1:1
# text = Your mate laughs at his little sister for "I runned fast."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	runned	runn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
12	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  | at mate's little sister | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **runn** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  | fast *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:* What's the kind thing to tell him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t1:2
# text = What's the kind thing to tell him?
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	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	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 kind thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the kind thing *not said here* |  | mate |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She should be told off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t1:o1:1
# text = She should be told off
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell off** *speech: assert* | should · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Runned" is the correct old form

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t1:o2:1
# text = "Runned" is the correct old form
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Runned	Runned	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She'll never learn English properly if she talks like that

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t1:o3:1
# text = She'll never learn English properly if she talks like that
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	properly	properly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | future | She | English |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent english=Topic |
| 2 | **talk** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | English |  |  |  |  | like that | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She's found the -ed rule; just say "ran" back to her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t1:o4:1
# text = She's found the -ed rule; just say "ran" back to her
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|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	aux	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	ed	ed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · passive | She | the ed rule |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **run back** *in a quote* | past |  |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to she=Result |

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