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Test 9 · Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)

A cartoon kid says «I can spell «although» so I know it». What's the better test?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon kid, better test · What happens: say, spell, know, be · To what, where: kid · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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: A cartoon kid says «I can spell «although» so I know it».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kid	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kid	compound
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 spell	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 spell	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 spell	aux
8	spell	spell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 although	punct
10	although	although	SCONJ	_	8 spell	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 spell	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 know	advmod
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 know	nsubj
14	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 know	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 know	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a cartoon kid						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	spell in a quote	can	a cartoon kid = kid						vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent although=Theme
3	know in a quote	present	a cartoon kid = kid	kid					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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's the better test?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 test	det
4	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 test	amod
5	test	test	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 better test						tree rules

The options

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

Use it in a sentence of your own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Use	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 sentence	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sentence	det
5	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 own	case
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 own	nmod:poss
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sentence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	it		a sentence of your own			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

Spell it backwards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spell	spell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spell	obj
3	backwards	backwards	ADV	_	1 Spell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	imperative	you not said here	it				backwards property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Find it in a dictionary

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Find	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 dictionary	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dictionary	det
5	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	imperative	you not said here	it		a dictionary			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

Spell it ten times fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spell	spell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spell	obj
3	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 times	nummod
4	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Spell	obl:unmarked
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Spell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	imperative	you not said here	it			time	fast property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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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