Test 9 · ★★ · Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea)
«ancient? that's a sh sound, so ansh-ent». How is the /sh/ spelled?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, sh · What happens: be, spell · To what, where: sh sound
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Words to know, Years 5–6 (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: «ancient? that's a sh sound, so ansh-ent».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 ancient | punct |
| 2 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sound | conj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 ancient | punct |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 sound | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sound | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sound | det |
| 7 | sh | sh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sound | amod |
| 8 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ent | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 ent | advmod |
| 11 | ansh | ansh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 ent | amod |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 ansh | punct |
| 13 | ent | ent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sound | parataxis |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 ent | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sound | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be in a quote | that not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | that | a sh sound | tree rules |
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: How is the /sh/ spelled?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 How | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sh | det |
| 4 | / | / | SYM | ExtPos=ADP | 5 sh | case |
| 5 | sh | sh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 How | nsubj |
| 6 | / | / | SYM | _ | 7 spelled | cc |
| 7 | spelled | spell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 sh | conj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 How | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the sh | how property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | spell | participle | the sh not said here | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
sh, as in «anshent»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sh | sh | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 anshent | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 anshent | case |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 anshent | case |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 anshent | punct |
| 6 | anshent | anshent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 sh | appos |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 anshent | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
ci, as in «ancient»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ci | co | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ancient | punct |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 ancient | mark |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 ancient | case |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 ancient | punct |
| 6 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 ci | parataxis |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 ancient | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
ti, as in «antient»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ti | ti | ADV | _ | 6 antient | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 ti | punct |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 antient | mark |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 antient | case |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 antient | punct |
| 6 | antient | antient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 antient | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
ch, as in «anchent»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ch | ch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 anchent | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 anchent | case |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 anchent | case |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 anchent | punct |
| 6 | anchent | anchent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ch | appos |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 anchent | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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