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Test 3 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the Spelling Bee

A cartoon speller spells "silhouete" with one t and wins the cup. Fix it.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon speller, you · What happens: spell, win, fix · To what, where: silhouete, cup

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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: A cartoon speller spells "silhouete" with one t and wins the cup.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 speller	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 speller	compound
3	speller	speller	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spells	nsubj
4	spells	spell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 silhouete	punct
6	silhouete	silhouete	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spells	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 silhouete	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 t	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 t	nummod
10	t	t	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spells	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wins	cc
12	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spells	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cup	det
14	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wins	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	present	a cartoon speller	silhouete				with one t	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent silhouete=Theme with t=Manner
2	win	present	a cartoon speller not said here	the cup					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cup=Eventuality

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: Fix it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fix	fix	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Fix	obj
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Fix	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	imperative	you not said here	cup					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

One t is right, so he deserves the cup

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 t	nummod
2	t	t	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 right	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	cop
4	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 deserves	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 deserves	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 deserves	nsubj
8	deserves	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 right	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cup	det
10	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deserves	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	One t					right property	tree rules
2	deserve	present	he	the cup					tree rules

Option 2

It should have no h in it at all

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 have	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 h	det
5	h	H	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 have	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	should	It	no h		h		at all	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent h=Patient

Option 3

It needs a double l in the middle

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	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 l	det
4	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 l	amod
5	l	l	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 middle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 middle	det
8	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 l	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	It	a double l		the middle			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot l=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Silhouette needs a double t

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silhouette	silhouette	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 t	det
4	double	double	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 t	amod
5	t	t	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Silhouette	a double t					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot t=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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