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Test 8 · ★ · Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosing the spelling

A friend from Lancashire says «book» so it nearly rhymes with «moon». Is she saying it wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, Lancashire · What happens: say, rhyme · To what, where: book · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: A friend from Lancashire says «book» so it nearly rhymes with «moon».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Lancashire	case
4	Lancashire	Lancashire	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 friend	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 book	punct
7	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	obj
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 book	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 rhymes	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 rhymes	nsubj
11	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	12 rhymes	advmod
12	rhymes	rhyme	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	advcl
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 moon	case
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 moon	punct
15	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rhymes	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 moon	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a friend from Lancashire	book					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent book=Topic
2	rhyme	present	friend					with moon; nearly property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent with moon=Co-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.

Sentence 2: Is she saying it wrong?

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	3 saying	aux
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saying	nsubj
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saying	obj
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saying	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	Lancashire	book					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme wrong=Manner

The options

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

No, accents differ; the spelling stays the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 differ	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 differ	punct
3	accents	accent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 differ	nsubj
4	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 stays	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spelling	det
7	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stays	nsubj
8	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 differ	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 same	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stays	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	differ	present	accents						vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	present	the spelling					same property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

No, and the word should be spelled «boon»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	8 spelled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 spelled	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 spelled	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 word	det
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spelled	nsubj:pass
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 spelled	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 spelled	aux:pass
8	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 boon	punct
10	boon	boon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spelled	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 boon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	should · passive		the word					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme boon=Manner

Option 3

Yes, and she should spell it «buke»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 spell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 spell	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 spell	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 spell	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 spell	aux
6	spell	spell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 spell	obj
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 buke	punct
9	buke	buke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spell	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 buke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	should	she	it					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme buke=Manner

Option 4

Yes, there is only one correct way to say «book» in English

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 is	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 is	expl
4	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 one	advmod
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 way	nummod
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 is	nsubj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 say	mark
10	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 way	acl
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 book	punct
12	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 say	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 book	punct
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 English	case
15	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	one correct way			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	one correct way not said here	book		English			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent book=Theme in english=Manner

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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