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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."

nmod:posscasensubjpunctcaseappospunctpunctadvcldetobjpunctconjpunctnsubjpunctpunctrootPriyankaPROPN'sPARTdadNOUN,PUNCTfromADPBangalorePROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTDoVERBtheDETneedfulNOUN,PUNCTbetaNOUN,PUNCTspellNOUNaccommodateVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PriyankaPriyankaPROPNNumber=Sing3 dadnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Priyankacase
3daddadNOUNNumber=Sing16 accommodatensubj
4,,PUNCT_6 Bangalorepunct
5fromfromADP_6 Bangalorecase
6BangaloreBangalorePROPNNumber=Sing3 dadappos
7::PUNCT_9 Dopunct
8""PUNCT_9 Dopunct
9DodoVERBVerbForm=Inf16 accommodateadvcl
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 needfuldet
11needfulneedfulNOUNNumber=Sing9 Doobj
12,,PUNCT_13 betapunct
13betabetaNOUNNumber=Sing11 needfulconj
14,,PUNCT_16 accommodatepunct
15spellspellNOUNNumber=Sing16 accommodatensubj
16accommodateaccommodateVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
17..PUNCT_16 accommodatepunct
18""PUNCT_16 accommodatepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1do in a quoteinfinitivePriyanka's dad not said herethe needful and betavn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality
2accommodate in a quoteinfinitivePriyanka's dadvn 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.)

punctpunctnsubjdetobjpunctccompnsubj:passaux:passccomppunctpunctnsubjpunctcopdetamodconjcasedetnmodpunctpunctroot(PUNCT"PUNCTDoVERBtheDETneedfulNOUN"PUNCTmeansVERBdoVERBwhatPRONisAUXneededVERB;PUNCT"PUNCTbetaNOUN"PUNCTisAUXaDETfondADJwordNOUNforADPaDETchildNOUN.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_3 Dopunct
2""PUNCT_3 Dopunct
3DodoVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin7 meansnsubj
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 needfuldet
5needfulneedfulNOUNNumber=Sing3 Doobj
6""PUNCT_3 Dopunct
7meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8dodoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 meansccomp
9whatwhatPRONPronType=Int11 needednsubj:pass
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 neededaux:pass
11neededneedVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 doccomp
12;;PUNCT_19 wordpunct
13""PUNCT_14 betapunct
14betabetaNOUNNumber=Sing19 wordnsubj
15""PUNCT_14 betapunct
16isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin19 wordcop
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art19 worddet
18fondfondADJDegree=Pos19 wordamod
19wordwordNOUNNumber=Sing7 meansconj
20forforADP_22 childcase
21aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art22 childdet
22childchildNOUNNumber=Sing19 wordnmod
23..PUNCT_7 meanspunct
24))PUNCT_7 meanspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1do in a quoteinfinitivethe needfulvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality
2meanpresentvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3dopresenttree rules
4needpresent · passivevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme
5is apresentbetaa fond wordfor a childtree rules

Sentence 3: Which spelling is right?

detnsubjcoppunctrootWhichDETspellingNOUNisAUXrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichDETPronType=Int2 spellingdet
2spellingspellingNOUNNumber=Sing4 rightnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 rightcop
4rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwhich spellingright propertytree rules

The options

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

accommodate

rootaccommodateVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1accommodateaccommodateVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1accommodateimperativeyou not said herevn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2

acomodate

rootacomodateNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1acomodateacomodateNOUNNumber=Singrootroot

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

acommodate

rootacommodateNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1acommodateacommodateNOUNNumber=Singrootroot

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

accomodate

rootaccomodateNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1accomodateaccomodateNOUNNumber=Singrootroot

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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