Test 4 · Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)

What would happen if Leo always spelled words the way he says them fast?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: happen, spell, say · To what, where: way, words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 words	mark
5	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 words	compound
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 spelled	advmod
7	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 words	amod
8	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl:unmarked
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 says	nsubj
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 way	acl:relcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 says	obj
14	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 says	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would		the way		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	spell	participle			always property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	present	he	words = word	fast property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He'd drop parts, like «libry» for «library»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drop	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 drop	aux
3	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drop	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 libry	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 libry	case
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 libry	punct
8	libry	libry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drop	obl
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 libry	punct
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 library	case
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 library	punct
12	library	library	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drop	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 drop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	would	He	parts				like libry; for library	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme

Option 2

His handwriting would get neater and faster too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 handwriting	nmod:poss
2	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	neater	neat	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 get	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 faster	cc
7	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 neater	conj
8	too	too	ADV	_	4 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	His handwriting					neat property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	handwrite		His = he						nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

His spelling would always be right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 spelling	nmod:poss
2	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 right	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 right	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 right	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 right	cop
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	would	His spelling					always, right property	tree rules
2	spell		His = he						nom spelling «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Nothing, fast speech has every part

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 speech	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 speech	amod
4	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 part	det
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Nothing fast speech	every part					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient

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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