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Test 9 · How to learn spellings that stick

«mnemonics for every word, proper job!» says Gran. Is that the best plan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran · What happens: say, be · To what, where: best plan · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 of lesson 15 «How to learn spellings that stick» 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: «mnemonics for every word, proper job!» says Gran.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 mnemonics	punct
2	mnemonics	mnemonic	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 says	ccomp
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 word	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mnemonics	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 job	punct
7	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 job	amod
8	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mnemonics	conj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 mnemonics	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Gran						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 that the best plan?

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	5 plan	cop
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 plan	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 plan	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 plan	amod
5	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 plan	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the best plan					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Only learn words with tricks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 learn	advmod
2	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 learn	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 tricks	case
5	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 learn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	imperative	you not said here	words				with tricks	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic

Option 2

No, tricks never help anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 help	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 help	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 help	advmod
5	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not help	present	tricks		anyone				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Use tricks for the hardest words and rules for the rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 words	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 words	det
5	hardest	hard	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 words	amod
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Use	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 rules	cc
8	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 words	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 rest	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rest	det
11	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	tricks				for the hardest words and rules; for the rest	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent trick=Theme for word=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, a trick for every single word in the dictionary, even «cat»

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 trick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 trick	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trick	det
4	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 word	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 word	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 word	amod
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trick	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 dictionary	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dictionary	det
11	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 word	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cat	punct
13	even	even	ADV	_	15 cat	advmod
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 cat	punct
15	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trick	appos
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 cat	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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