Test 3 · ★ · Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosing the spelling

«howay man, oa, ow, o-e, oe, all for one sound, it's canny daft, nobody can learn that». What is the wise move?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: man, nobody, wise move · What happens: be, learn · To what, where: that

This is test 3 · ★ 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: «howay man, oa, ow, o-e, oe, all for one sound, it's canny daft, nobody can learn that».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 man	punct
2	howay	howay	INTJ	Number=Sing	3 man	discourse
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 daft	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 oa	punct
5	oa	oa	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 man	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ow	punct
7	ow	ow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 man	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 e	punct
9	o	o	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 e	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 e	punct
11	e	e	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 man	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 oe	punct
13	oe	oe	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 e	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 all	punct
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 e	appos
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 sound	case
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 sound	nummod
18	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 all	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 man	punct
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 daft	nsubj
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 daft	cop
22	canny	canny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 daft	amod
23	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 learn	punct
25	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	27 learn	nsubj
26	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 learn	aux
27	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 daft	parataxis
28	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	27 learn	obj
29	»	»	PUNCT	_	27 learn	punct
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 daft	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	man and oa and ow and o e and oe					daft property	tree rules
2	learn in a quote	can	nobody	that					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic

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 is the wise move?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

The options

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

Sort words with that sound into columns and learn the common one first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 words	compound
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 sound	case
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 sound	det
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 words	nmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 columns	case
7	columns	column	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sound	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 learn	cc
9	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 words	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
11	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 one	amod
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 learn	obj
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 learn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	infinitive		the common one				first property	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic

Option 2

Spell each word however it feels that day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spell	spell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 word	det
3	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spell	obj
4	however	however	ADV	PronType=Int	6 feels	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 feels	nsubj
6	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Spell	advcl
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 feels	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	imperative	you not said here	each word					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent word=Theme
2	feel	present	word				day	however property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Use «oa» for every word with that sound, and the teacher will have to accept it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 oa	punct
3	oa	oa	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 oa	punct
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 word	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 sound	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 sound	det
10	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 have	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 have	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 teacher	det
14	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 have	nsubj
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 have	aux
16	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Use	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 accept	mark
18	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 have	xcomp
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 accept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	oa	for every word with that sound	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent oa=Theme for word=Eventuality
2	have	future	the teacher			tree rules
3	accept	to-infinitive	the teacher not said here	teacher		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Give up, because the spellings can never be learned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Give	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 learned	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 learned	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spellings	det
6	spellings	spelling	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 learned	nsubj:pass
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 learned	aux
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 learned	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 learned	aux:pass
10	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Give	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	imperative	you not said here						vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not learn	can · passive		the spellings					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

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