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title: Welsh nan in Cardiff: "Tamping I was when I got it wrong, love, but… — Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with… · tree and pragmatics
description: Welsh nan in Cardiff: "Tamping I was when I got it wrong, love, but come here for a cwtch, we all get things wrong." What is Nan's message? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Test 11 · ★ · Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel

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Welsh nan in Cardiff: "Tamping I was when I got it wrong, love, but come here for a cwtch, we all get things wrong." What is Nan's message?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Welsh nan, we · **What happens:** be, come, get · **To what, where:** things, message

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» of the world 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/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Welsh nan in Cardiff: "Tamping I was when I got it wrong, love, but come here for a cwtch, we all get things wrong."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t11:1
# text = Welsh nan in Cardiff: "Tamping I was when I got it wrong, love, but come here for a cwtch, we all get things wrong."
1	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Cardiff	Cardiff	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Tamping	tamping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
20	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	cwtch	cwtch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
26	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	27	advmod	_	_
27	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
28	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	_
29	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  | get, wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | infinitive | Welsh nan in Cardiff and Tamping and love |  |  | here |  | for a cwtch | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | present | we | things |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=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:* What is Nan's message?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t11:2
# text = What is Nan's message?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Nan's message |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Never admit a mistake to anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t11:o1:1
# text = Never admit a mistake to anyone
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	admit	admit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **admit** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | a mistake | anyone |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent mistake=Topic to anyone=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Getting things wrong makes you a bad person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t11:o2:1
# text = Getting things wrong makes you a bad person
1	Getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund |  | things |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus |
| 2 | **make** | present | Getting | you |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only children ever make mistakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t11:o3:1
# text = Only children ever make mistakes
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | children | mistakes |  |  | ever |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Product |

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

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Mistakes happen to everyone, so be kind about them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t11:o4:1
# text = Mistakes happen to everyone, so be kind about them
1	Mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happen	happen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present | Mistakes |  |  |  |  | to everyone | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | infinitive | Mistakes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about Mistakes *= mistake*; kind *property* | tree rules |

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