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Test 6 · Homophones and near-homophones

«that party was bare good» on a homework story. What is the wise advice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: party, wise advice · What happens: be · To what, where: homework story

This is test 6 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: «that party was bare good» on a homework story.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 good	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 party	det
3	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 good	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 good	cop
5	bare	bare	ADV	_	6 good	advmod
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 good	punct
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 story	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 story	det
10	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 story	compound
11	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 good	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	that party			a homework story		bare, good 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: What is the wise advice?

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 advice	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 advice	amod
5	advice	advice	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 wise advice						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is a spelling mistake for «bear»

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	5 mistake	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mistake	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mistake	det
4	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mistake	compound
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 bear	case
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 bear	punct
8	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mistake	nmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 mistake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a spelling mistake				for bear	tree rules

Option 2

It means the party had no people

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 party	det
4	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 means	ccomp
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 people	det
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	the party	no people					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient

Option 3

«Bare» can never mean «very»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Bare	punct
2	Bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mean	nsubj
3	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Bare	punct
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 mean	advmod
6	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 very	punct
8	very	very	ADV	_	6 mean	advmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mean	can	Bare						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Fine with friends; in homework write «very good»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 friends	amod
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 friends	case
3	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 write	nsubj
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	3 friends	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 homework	case
6	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 friends	nmod
7	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 good	punct
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 good	advmod
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 write	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	Fine friends in homework	good					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Theme

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