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title: Tyler argues "sing, sang, sung, so bring, brang, brung, innit." What… — Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tyler argues "sing, sang, sung, so bring, brang, brung, innit." What's wrong with his logic? Test 4 · ★★ 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; Mo
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes

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Tyler argues "sing, sang, sung, so bring, brang, brung, innit." What's wrong with his logic?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tyler · **What happens:** argue, sing, bring, be · **To what, where:** sing, brang · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tyler argues "sing, sang, sung, so bring, brang, brung, innit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t4:1
# text = Tyler argues "sing, sang, sung, so bring, brang, brung, innit."
1	Tyler	Tyler	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	argues	argue	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	sing	sing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	brang	brang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	brung	brung	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present | Tyler | sing |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent sing=Topic |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | past | Tyler *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* *in a quote* | participle | Tyler *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **bring** *in a quote* | infinitive | Tyler *not said here* | brang and brung and innit |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent brang=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's wrong with his logic?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t4:2
# text = What's wrong with his logic?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	logic	logic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with Tyler's logic; wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The pattern is real, but bring belongs to the -ought family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t4:o1:1
# text = The pattern is real, but bring belongs to the -ought family
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	nsubj	_	_
8	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the pattern |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **belong** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the family | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sing is irregular but bring is regular

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t4:o2:1
# text = Sing is irregular but bring is regular
1	Sing	sing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	irregular	irregular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Sing |  |  |  |  | irregular *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** | present | Sing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | Sing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | regular *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sing should be sing, singed, singed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t4:o3:1
# text = Sing should be sing, singed, singed
1	Sing	sing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	sing	sing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	singed	singe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	singed	singe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | should | Sing | sing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **singe** | participle | Sing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **singe** | participle | Sing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, because brung is standard English in every country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t4:o4:1
# text = Nothing, because brung is standard English in every country
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	brung	brung	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	standard	standard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | brung | standard English |  | every country |  |  | tree rules |

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