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Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the Spelling Bee

Your mate says, "Asking for the origin is a waste of time, innit." Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Asking, you · What happens: say, ask, be, put · To what, where: waste, mate · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 55 «Olympiad: the Spelling Bee» 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: Your mate says, "Asking for the origin is a waste of time, innit."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 waste	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 waste	punct
6	Asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 waste	csubj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 origin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 origin	det
9	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Asking	obl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 waste	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 waste	det
12	waste	waste	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 time	case
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waste	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 innit	punct
16	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waste	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	ask speech: ask in a quote	gerund						for the origin	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	Asking	a waste and innit			time		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		mate			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The origin tells you the whole answer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 origin	det
2	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	nsubj
3	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 tells	iobj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 answer	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 answer	amod
7	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the origin	the whole answer	you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient answer=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Origins hint at spelling patterns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Origins	origin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hint	nsubj
2	hint	hint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 patterns	case
4	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 patterns	compound
5	patterns	pattern	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hint	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hint speech: other	present	Origins			spelling patterns			vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Only the judges are told the origins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 told	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 judges	det
3	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 told	aux:pass
5	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 origins	det
7	origins	origin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 told	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		the judges	the origins				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient origin=Topic

Option 4

Origins never help with any spelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Origins	origin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 help	advmod
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 spelling	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 spelling	det
6	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 help	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not help	present	Origins					with any spelling	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with spelling=Theme

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