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title: Your cousin thinks irregular verbs never change. What fact proves he… — Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin thinks irregular verbs never change. What fact proves her wrong? Test 8 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice was 
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes

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Your cousin thinks irregular verbs never change. What fact proves her wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin, irregular verbs, fact · **What happens:** think, not change, prove · **To what, where:** wrong · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin thinks irregular verbs never change.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t8:1
# text = Your cousin thinks irregular verbs never change.
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	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	irregular	irregular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	verbs	verb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **change** | present | irregular verbs |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 fact proves her wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t8:2
# text = What fact proves her wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | fact | fact's wrong |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme wrong=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Irregular verbs are fixed by law and can never be changed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t8:o1:1
# text = Irregular verbs are fixed by law and can never be changed
1	Irregular	irregular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	verbs	verb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present · passive | law | Irregular verbs |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **change** | can · passive | law *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No irregular verb has ever changed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t8:o2:1
# text = No irregular verb has ever changed
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	irregular	irregular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present · perfect · passive |  | no irregular verb |  |  | ever |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All irregular verbs are new

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t8:o3:1
# text = All irregular verbs are new
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	irregular	irregular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	verbs	verb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	new	new	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 | all irregular verbs |  |  |  |  | new *property* | tree rules |

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

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Many irregular verbs became regular over time, like reach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t8:o4:1
# text = Many irregular verbs became regular over time, like reach
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	irregular	irregular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	verbs	verb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | Many irregular verbs |  |  |  | time | like reach; regular *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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