Test 1 · Homophones and near-homophones
«ur welcome, mate, it's grand». Uncle says the sign's wrong. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Uncle, sign · What happens: be, say · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 11 «Homophones and near-homophones» 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: «ur welcome, mate, it's grand».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 welcome | punct |
| 2 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 welcome | nmod:poss |
| 3 | welcome | welcome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mate | punct |
| 5 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 welcome | vocative |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 grand | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 grand | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 grand | cop |
| 9 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 welcome | conj |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 grand | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 welcome | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | mate | grand property | tree rules |
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: Uncle says the sign's wrong.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sign | det |
| 4 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wrong | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wrong | cop |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Uncle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the sign | wrong property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing is wrong with «your welcome»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 welcome | case |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 welcome | punct |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 welcome | nmod:poss |
| 7 | welcome | welcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrong | obl |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 welcome | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | with your welcome; wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | welcome in a quote | your | nom welcome «state transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
It needs «yore», the old spelling from long ago
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 | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 yore | punct |
| 4 | yore | yore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 needs | obj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 yore | punct |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 spelling | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 spelling | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 spelling | amod |
| 9 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yore | conj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 long | case |
| 11 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 ago | advmod |
| 12 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 2 needs | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | It | yore and the old spelling | ago property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot yore=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It needs «you're», because it means «you are»
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 | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 're | punct |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 're | nsubj |
| 5 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 needs | ccomp |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 're | punct |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 means | punct |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 means | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 means | nsubj |
| 10 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 needs | parataxis |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 are | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 are | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 means | ccomp |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 needs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | It | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | does in a quote | present | you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It needs «your», because it's about you
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 | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 your | punct |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 needs | obj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 your | punct |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 you | punct |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 11 you | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 you | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 you | cop |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 you | case |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 needs | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | It | your | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot your=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | about you | tree rules |
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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