Test 7 · Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)
«grammer is sus, it should end in -er like hammer». Is Fynn right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: grammer · What happens: be, end · To what, where: er
This is test 7 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: «grammer is sus, it should end in -er like hammer».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 sus | punct |
| 2 | grammer | grammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sus | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sus | cop |
| 4 | sus | suspect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 end | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 end | nsubj |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 end | aux |
| 8 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sus | parataxis |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 er | case |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 in | punct |
| 11 | er | er | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 end | obl |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 hammer | case |
| 13 | hammer | hammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 end | obl |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 sus | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sus | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | grammer | suspect property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | end in a quote | should | grammer | er | like hammer | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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: Is Fynn right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | Fynn | Fynn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 right | compound |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, «grammar» ends in -ar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 ends | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ends | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 grammar | punct |
| 4 | grammar | grammar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ends | nsubj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 grammar | punct |
| 6 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 ar | case |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 in | punct |
| 9 | ar | AR | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ends | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | grammar | ar | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2
Yes, change it to «grammer»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 change | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 change | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 grammer | case |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 grammer | punct |
| 7 | grammer | grammer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 change | obl |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 change | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | imperative | you not said here | it | to grammer | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, both spellings are correct
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 correct | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 spellings | det |
| 4 | spellings | spelling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 correct | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 correct | cop |
| 6 | correct | correct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | both spellings | correct property | tree rules |
Option 4
No, it ends in -our, like colour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 ends | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ends | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ends | nsubj |
| 4 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 colour | case |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 in | punct |
| 7 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 colour | nmod:poss |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 colour | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 colour | case |
| 10 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ends | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | it | our colour | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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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