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title: A British teacher marks "dove" wrong in an American boy's story. Is… — Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other… · tree and pragmatics
description: A British teacher marks "dove" wrong in an American boy's story. Is that fair? Test 9 · ★★ 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 wa
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Irregular verbs: goed, brung and other brave mistakes

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A British teacher marks "dove" wrong in an American boy's story. Is that fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** be

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A British teacher marks "dove" wrong in an American boy's story.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t9:1
# text = A British teacher marks "dove" wrong in an American boy's story.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Is that fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t9:2
# text = Is that fair?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, it's a spelling mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, it's a spelling mistake
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	mistake	mistake	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 | it | a spelling mistake |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's correct in American English, so it's a country difference

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t9:o2:1
# text = It's correct in American English, so it's a country difference
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|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	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  | American English |  | correct *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a country difference |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, dove is the only correct form everywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t9:o3:1
# text = No, dove is the only correct form everywhere
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
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	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | dove | the only correct form |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, because dove is only a bird, never a verb in English

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:9-irregular-verbs-goed-brung-and-brave-mistakes:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, because dove is only a bird, never a verb in English
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	dove	dove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	verb	verb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
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 a** | present | dove | a bird and a verb in English |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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