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Test 5 · ★ · i before e, silent letters and other famous traps

«the s in island is cos they used to say iss-land back in the day». Is that true?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: s, that · What happens: be, say · To what, where: iss land · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 10 «i before e, silent letters and other famous traps» of the English 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.

The question

Sentence 1: «the s in island is cos they used to say iss-land back in the day».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 s	det
3	s	s	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 island	case
5	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 s	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 used	cop
7	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	9 used	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 used	nsubj
9	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 say	mark
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 used	xcomp
12	iss	ISS	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 land	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 iss	punct
14	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 say	obj
15	back	back	ADV	_	11 say	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 day	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 day	det
18	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 say	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	the s in island					use property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	to-infinitive	the s in island not said here	iss land			day		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent land=Topic

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.

Sentence 2: Is that true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 true	nsubj
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Yes, everyone said «iss-land» until 1900

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 land	punct
6	iss	iss	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 land	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 iss	punct
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	ccomp
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 land	punct
10	until	until	ADP	_	11 1900	case
11	1900	1900	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	everyone				until 1900		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the s was never said; scholars added it by mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 s	det
4	s	s	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	aux:pass
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 said	advmod
7	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 added	punct
9	scholars	scholar	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 added	nsubj
10	added	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 added	obj
12	by	by	ADP	_	13 mistake	case
13	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 added	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	past · passive		the s					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
2	add speech: assert	past	scholars	s				by mistake	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

No, the s was added last year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 added	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 added	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 s	det
4	s	s	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 added	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 added	aux:pass
6	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 year	amod
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 added	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	past · passive		the s			year		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Yes, and Americans still say it that way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 Americans	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 Americans	cc
4	Americans	American	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 say	nsubj
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 say	advmod
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	obj
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 way	det
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Americans	it			still	that way obl:unmarked	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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