Test 11 · Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)
★★★ «Busy» becomes «business». Which other word changes its y to i in the same way?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, other word · What happens: become, change · To what, where: business, y, i, same way
This is test 11 of lesson 13 «Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)» 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: ★★★ «Busy» becomes «business».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 becomes | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 Busy | punct |
| 5 | Busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 becomes | nsubj |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 Busy | punct |
| 7 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 business | punct |
| 9 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 becomes | xcomp |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 business | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 becomes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | ★ | business | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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: Which other word changes its y to i in the same way?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 changes | obj |
| 2 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 word | amod |
| 3 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 changes | nsubj |
| 4 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 y | nmod:poss |
| 6 | y | y | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 changes | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 i | case |
| 8 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 changes | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 way | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 way | det |
| 11 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 way | amod |
| 12 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 changes | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 changes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | other word | word's y | i | the same way | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
happy → happiness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 happiness | amod |
| 2 | → | → | SYM | _ | 3 happiness | punct |
| 3 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
play → playful
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | → | → | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 playful | advmod |
| 3 | playful | playful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 play | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | imperative | you not said here | playful property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
day → days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | → | → | SYM | _ | 3 days | punct |
| 3 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 day | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
enjoy → enjoyment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | → | → | PUNCT | _ | 3 enjoyment | punct |
| 3 | enjoyment | enjoyment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 enjoy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | imperative | you not said here | enjoyment | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enjoyment=Stimulus |
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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