Exam question 4 · Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea)

Which of the following methods most accurately assists a pupil in the spelling of words frequently shortened in speech, such as «temperature»?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, assist, shorten, spell · To what, where: pupil, spelling, words

This is exam question 4 of lesson 14 «Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea)» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 assists	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 methods	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 methods	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 methods	amod
5	methods	method	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Which	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 assists	advmod
8	assists	assist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pupil	det
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 assists	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 spelling	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 spelling	det
13	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 shortened	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 words	case
15	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 spelling	nmod
16	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	17 shortened	advmod
17	shortened	shorten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 assists	parataxis
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 speech	case
19	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 shortened	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 temperature	punct
21	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	24 temperature	case
22	as	as	ADP	_	21 such	fixed
23	«	«	PUNCT	_	24 temperature	punct
24	temperature	temperature	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 speech	conj
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	17 shortened	punct
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 assists	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	assist	present		a pupil		accurately property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Beneficiary
3	shorten	past			the spelling of words	in speech and temperature; frequently property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	spell		words				nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The pronunciation of the word slowly, syllable by syllable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pronunciation	det
2	pronunciation	pronunciation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 syllable	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 word	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pronunciation	nmod
6	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 word	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 pronunciation	punct
8	syllable	syllable	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 syllable	case
10	syllable	syllable	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 syllable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	syllable	infinitive	the pronunciation of the word					by syllable	tree rules
2	pronounce			the word					nom pronunciation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The substitution of a shorter word in all writing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 substitution	det
2	substitution	substitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 word	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 substitution	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 writing	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 writing	det
9	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	substitute		a shorter word in all writing						nom substitution «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The spelling of the word as it is spoken rapidly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 spelling	det
2	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spoken	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 word	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spelling	nmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 word	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 spoken	aux:pass
9	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	rapidly	rapidly	ADV	_	9 spoken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present · passive		the spelling of the word as word				rapidly property	tree rules
2	spell			the word as word					nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The memorisation of the word by its shape

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 memorisation	det
2	memorisation	memorisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 word	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 memorisation	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 shape	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 shape	nmod:poss
8	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	memorise			the word by word's shape					nom memorisation «cognition transitive»: of=patient
2	word		word's shape						nom word «communication transitive»: by=agent

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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