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Test 7 · ★ · i before e, silent letters and other famous traps

«Feb-ru-ary, who even says that r? just drop it». What is the fair answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: r, fair answer · What happens: say, drop, be · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: «Feb-ru-ary, who even says that r? just drop it».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 ary	punct
2	Feb	February	PROPN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	6 ary	nsubj
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Feb	punct
4	ru	ru	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ary	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 ru	punct
6	ary	ary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 says	nsubj
9	even	even	ADV	_	10 says	advmod
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ary	conj
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 drop	mark
12	r	r	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 drop	nsubj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 r	punct
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 drop	advmod
15	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 says	ccomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 drop	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 drop	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ary	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask in a quote	present							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drop in a quote	infinitive	r	it					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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: What is the fair answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the fair answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is spelled «Febuary» now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spelled	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spelled	aux:pass
3	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Febuary	punct
5	Febuary	February	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 spelled	obj
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Febuary	punct
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 spelled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	present · passive		It			now; february		vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Only Americans spell it with the r; in Britain it has been dropped from spelling

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 spell	advmod
2	Americans	American	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 spell	nsubj
3	spell	spell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spell	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 r	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 r	det
7	r	r	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spell	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 dropped	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Britain	case
10	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 dropped	obl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 dropped	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 dropped	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 dropped	aux:pass
14	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 spell	conj
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 spelling	case
16	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	present	Americans	it				with the r	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme with r=Manner
2	drop	present · perfect · passive		r		Britain		from spelling	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme in britain=Destination from spelling=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Many don't say it, but the spelling keeps it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 say	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 say	advmod
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keeps	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 keeps	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 spelling	det
9	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keeps	nsubj
10	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keeps	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	present · do-support	Many	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	keep	present	the spelling	it					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Drop it; spelling should follow speech

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Drop	obj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 follow	punct
4	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 follow	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 follow	aux
6	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Drop	conj
7	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 follow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	imperative	you not said here	it					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	follow	should	spelling	speech					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Theme

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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