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Exam question 3 · Olympiad: the Spelling Bee

It is given that the word "Wednesday" derives from the Old English for "Woden's day". Select the response that most accurately accounts for its unpronounced letters.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: word, you, response · What happens: give, derive, select, letter · To what, where: It, Old English, response

This is exam question 3 of lesson 55 «Olympiad: the Spelling Bee» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that the word "Wednesday" derives from the Old English for "Woden's day".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 derives	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 derives	nsubj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Wednesday	punct
8	Wednesday	Wednesday	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 word	appos
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Wednesday	punct
10	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	14 English	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 English	det
13	Old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 English	amod
14	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 derives	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	19 day	case
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 day	punct
17	Woden	Woden	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 day	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 Woden	case
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 derives	obl
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 day	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	derive	present	the word			the Old English	day		vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from english=Material

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: Select the response that most accurately accounts for its unpronounced letters.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 accounts	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 accounts	amod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 response	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 letters	case
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 letters	nmod:poss
10	unpronounced	unpronounced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 letters	amod
11	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 accounts	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response most accounts for response's unpronounced letters					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	letter		response						nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The old spelling has been retained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 spelling	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spelling	amod
3	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 retained	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 retained	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 retained	aux:pass
6	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	present · perfect · passive		the old spelling					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A printer added them in error

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 printer	det
2	printer	printer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 added	nsubj
3	added	add	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 added	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 error	case
6	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 added	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	past	a printer	them = they		error			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

They were borrowed from Greek

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 borrowed	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 borrowed	aux:pass
3	borrowed	borrow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Greek	case
5	Greek	Greek	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 borrowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	past · passive		They		Greek			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from greek=Source

Option 4

They distinguish it from Monday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 distinguish	nsubj
2	distinguish	distinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 distinguish	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Monday	case
5	Monday	Monday	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 distinguish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distinguish	present	They	it			monday		vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute it=Theme

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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