Test 2 · ★ · Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosing the spelling

«the e on the end of hope does nothing, it's just decoration innit». Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: e, you · What happens: do, be, put · To what, where: nothing, decoration innit, him

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 4 «Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosing the spelling» 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: «the e on the end of hope does nothing, it's just decoration innit».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 does	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 e	det
3	e	e	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 does	nsubj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 end	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 end	det
6	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 e	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 hope	case
8	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nmod
9	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 does	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 innit	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 innit	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 innit	cop
14	just	just	ADV	_	16 innit	advmod
15	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 innit	compound
16	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 does	parataxis
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 innit	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	present	the e on the end of hope	nothing					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality
2	is a in a quote	present	e	decoration innit					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: Put him right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		him = he			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The e is said quietly, like «hop-eh»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 e	det
2	e	e	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 said	aux:pass
4	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 said	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 eh	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	11 eh	case
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 eh	punct
9	hop	hop	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 eh	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 hop	punct
11	eh	eh	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	parataxis
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 eh	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive		the e				quietly property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Without it the word is «hop», a different word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	2 it	case
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hop	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 word	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hop	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hop	cop
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 hop	punct
7	hop	hop	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 hop	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 word	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 word	det
11	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 word	amod
12	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hop	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	the word	hop and a different word				without it	tree rules

Option 3

He's right, silent letters never change anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 change	punct
5	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 letters	amod
6	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 change	nsubj
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 change	advmod
8	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
9	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	not change	present	silent letters	anything					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient

Option 4

He's right, «hope» and «hop» sound the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hope	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 hope	punct
6	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	parataxis
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 hope	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hop	cc
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 hop	punct
10	hop	hop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hope	conj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 hop	punct
12	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 same	det
14	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	sound	present							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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