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title: Glasgow nan: "Nae swappin' food, son, wee Ruby's got a nut allergy."… — Swaps and barter in the playground · tree and pragmatics
description: Glasgow nan: "Nae swappin' food, son, wee Ruby's got a nut allergy." ("Nae" means no; "wee" means little.) Why? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 4 «Swaps and barter in the playground» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 4 · ★ · Swaps and barter in the playground

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Glasgow nan: "Nae swappin' food, son, wee Ruby's got a nut allergy." ("Nae" means no; "wee" means little.) Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wee Ruby, Nae, wee · **What happens:** get, mean · **To what, where:** nut allergy, no, little

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 4 «Swaps and barter in the playground» of the money 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/money/4-swaps-and-barter-in-the-playground/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Glasgow nan: "Nae swappin' food, son, wee Ruby's got a nut allergy."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:4-swaps-and-barter-in-the-playground:t4:1
# text = Glasgow nan: "Nae swappin' food, son, wee Ruby's got a nut allergy."
1	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Nae	Nae	X	FW	_	6	compound	_	_
6	swappin	swappin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	wee	wee	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	allergy	allergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | wee Ruby | a nut allergy |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer allergy=Stimulus |

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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:* ("Nae" means no; "wee" means little.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:4-swaps-and-barter-in-the-playground:t4:2
# text = ("Nae" means no; "wee" means little.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Nae	Nae	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	wee	wee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Nae | no |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent no=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | wee | little |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:4-swaps-and-barter-in-the-playground:t4:3
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Ruby's mum wants the food back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:4-swaps-and-barter-in-the-playground:t4:o1:1
# text = Ruby's mum wants the food back
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want back** | present | Ruby's mum | the food |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Swapping food is only allowed on Fridays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:4-swaps-and-barter-in-the-playground:t4:o2:1
# text = Swapping food is only allowed on Fridays
1	Swapping	swap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj:pass	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Fridays	Friday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | gerund |  | food |  |  |  |  | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme |
| 2 | **allow** | present · passive | Swapping |  |  |  | friday |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nuts cost too much to give away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:4-swaps-and-barter-in-the-playground:t4:o3:1
# text = Nuts cost too much to give away
1	Nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | Nuts | much |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme much=Value |
| 2 | **give away** | to-infinitive | Nuts *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

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

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Swapped food could make Ruby really ill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:4-swaps-and-barter-in-the-playground:t4:o4:1
# text = Swapped food could make Ruby really ill
1	Swapped	swap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | could | Swapped food | Ruby |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material ruby=Product |

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