Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the Spelling Bee
Priyanka's dad, from Bangalore: "Do the needful, beta, spell accommodate." ("Do the needful" means do what is needed; "beta" is a fond word for a child.) Which spelling is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad, beta, spelling · What happens: do, accommodate, mean, need, be · To what, where: needful, fond word · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★★ 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: Priyanka's dad, from Bangalore: "Do the needful, beta, spell accommodate."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Priyanka | Priyanka | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Priyanka | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 accommodate | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Bangalore | punct |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Bangalore | case |
| 6 | Bangalore | Bangalore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | appos |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 Do | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Do | punct |
| 9 | Do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 accommodate | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 needful | det |
| 11 | needful | needful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Do | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 beta | punct |
| 13 | beta | beta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 needful | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 accommodate | punct |
| 15 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 accommodate | nsubj |
| 16 | accommodate | accommodate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 accommodate | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 accommodate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | infinitive | Priyanka's dad not said here | the needful and beta | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | accommodate in a quote | infinitive | Priyanka's dad | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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: ("Do the needful" means do what is needed; "beta" is a fond word for a child.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 Do | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Do | punct |
| 3 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 means | nsubj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 needful | det |
| 5 | needful | needful | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Do | obj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Do | punct |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 means | ccomp |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 needed | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 needed | aux:pass |
| 11 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 do | ccomp |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 word | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 beta | punct |
| 14 | beta | beta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 word | nsubj |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 beta | punct |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 word | cop |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 word | det |
| 18 | fond | fond | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 word | amod |
| 19 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 means | conj |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 child | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 child | det |
| 22 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 word | nmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 means | punct |
| 24 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 7 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do in a quote | infinitive | the needful | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | do | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | need | present · passive | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | is a | present | beta | a fond word | for a child | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Which spelling is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 spelling | det |
| 2 | spelling | spelling | 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 | _ | 4 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which spelling | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
accommodate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accommodate | accommodate | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accommodate | imperative | you not said here | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
acomodate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acomodate | acomodate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
acommodate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | acommodate | acommodate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
accomodate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accomodate | accomodate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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