Exam question 1 · Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends

Identify the formulation consistent with the conventions of written English.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, write · To what, where: formulation

This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends» of the language 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 formulation	det
3	formulation	formulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 conventions	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 conventions	det
7	conventions	convention	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 English	case
9	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 English	amod
10	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 conventions	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the formulation				consistent property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent formulation=Theme
2	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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.

The options

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

They're going to their house over there

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 going	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 house	nmod:poss
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	obl
7	over	over	ADV	_	8 there	advmod
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · progressive	They			their house; there			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location

Option 2

There going to they're house over their

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 going	expl
2	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 house	case
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 house	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 house	cop
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 going	obl
7	over	over	ADP	_	8 their	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 going	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund				there			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	they					to house	tree rules

Option 3

Their going to there house over they're

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 going	nsubj
2	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 house	case
4	there	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Typo=Yes	5 house	nmod:poss
5	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 going	obl
6	over	over	SCONJ	_	8 're	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 're	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 going	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	gerund	Their = they			there's house			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location

Option 4

They're going to there house over their

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 going	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	there	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Typo=Yes	6 house	nmod:poss
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 going	obl
7	over	over	ADP	_	8 their	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 going	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · progressive	They			there's house			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location

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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