Test 8 · Homophones and near-homophones
«I can't except your apology». What should it be?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: apology · What happens: be
This is test 8 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: «I can't except your apology».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 apology | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 apology | nsubj |
| 3 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 apology | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 apology | advmod |
| 5 | except | except | ADP | _ | 7 apology | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 apology | nmod:poss |
| 7 | apology | apology | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 apology | punct |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 apology | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What should it be?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 be | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 be | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 be | nsubj |
| 4 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 be | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | should | apology | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
expect, meaning to wait for something to happen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expect | expect | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 meaning | punct |
| 3 | meaning | mean | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 expect | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 wait | mark |
| 5 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 meaning | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 something | case |
| 7 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 wait | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 happen | mark |
| 9 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wait | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expect | imperative | you not said here | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean | gerund | you not said here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | wait not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | for something | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
except, meaning leaving something out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | except | except | ADP | _ | 3 meaning | mark |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 meaning | punct |
| 3 | meaning | mean | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | leaving | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 meaning | xcomp |
| 5 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 leaving | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 leaving | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | gerund | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | leave out not said to happen | gerund | something | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
accept, meaning to take or agree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accept | accept | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 meaning | punct |
| 3 | meaning | mean | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 accept | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 take | mark |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 meaning | xcomp |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 agree | cc |
| 7 | agree | agree | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 take | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accept | imperative | you not said here | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean | gerund | you not said here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | agree speech: agree | infinitive | you not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
excerpt, meaning a short part of a text
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | excerpt | excerpt | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 meaning | punct |
| 3 | meaning | mean | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 excerpt | advcl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 part | det |
| 5 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 meaning | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 text | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 text | det |
| 9 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | excerpt | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | mean | gerund | you not said here | a short part of a text | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Topic |
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