Test 11 · Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends Your mate writes "definatly" and insists "it's lowkey impossible to spell." ("Lowkey" means kind of.) What's the tip?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Lowkey, tip · What happens: write, insist, be, spell, mean · To what, where: kind · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 12 «Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends» of the language 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 writes "definatly" and insists "it's lowkey impossible to spell."
nmod:poss nsubj punct advmod punct cc conj punct expl cop amod ccomp mark xcomp punct punct root Your PRON mate NOUN writes VERB " PUNCT definatly ADV " PUNCT and CCONJ insists VERB " PUNCT it PRON 's AUX lowkey ADJ impossible ADJ to PART spell VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 writes nsubj 3 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 definatly punct 5 definatly definatly ADV _ 3 writes advmod 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 definatly punct 7 and and CCONJ _ 8 insists cc 8 insists insist VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 writes conj 9 " " PUNCT _ 13 impossible punct 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 impossible expl 11 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 impossible cop 12 lowkey lowkey ADJ Degree=Pos 13 impossible amod 13 impossible impossible ADJ Degree=Pos 8 insists ccomp 14 to to PART _ 15 spell mark 15 spell spell VERB VerbForm=Inf 13 impossible xcomp 16 . . PUNCT _ 13 impossible punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 13 impossible punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write present Your mate definatly property vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 insist speech: other present Your mate not said here vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent 3 is in a quote present impossible property tree rules 4 spell in a quote to-infinitive vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: 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: ("Lowkey" means kind of.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj fixed punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Lowkey PROPN " PUNCT means VERB kind NOUN of ADP . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lowkey punct 3 Lowkey Lowkey PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lowkey punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 kind kind NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 7 of of ADP _ 6 kind fixed 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Lowkey kind vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Topic
Sentence 3: What's the tip?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET tip NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 tip det 4 tip tip NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the tip tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Just write "def"
advmod punct advmod punct root Just ADV write VERB " PUNCT def ADV " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Just just ADV _ 2 write advmod 2 write write VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 def punct 4 def definitely ADV _ 2 write advmod 5 " " PUNCT _ 2 write punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write imperative you not said here definitely property vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Add more a's until it looks right
obj obl case mark nsubj advcl xcomp root Add VERB more ADJ a DET 's PART until SCONJ it PRON looks VERB right ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Add add VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 1 Add obj 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 more obl 4 's 's PART _ 3 a case 5 until until SCONJ _ 7 looks mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 looks nsubj 7 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Add advcl 8 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 7 looks xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 add speech: assert imperative you not said here more vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient 2 look present it right property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Find "finite" inside definitely
punct obj punct advmod advmod root Find VERB " PUNCT finite ADJ " PUNCT inside ADV definitely ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Find find VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 finite punct 3 finite finite ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Find obj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 finite punct 5 inside inside ADV _ 1 Find advmod 6 definitely definitely ADV _ 1 Find advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 find imperative you not said here finite definitely, inside property vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finite=Topic
Option 4 Spell it with an i before e
obj case det obl case obl root Spell VERB it PRON with ADP an DET i NOUN before ADP e NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Spell spell VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Spell obj 3 with with ADP _ 5 i case 4 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 i det 5 i i NOUN Number=Sing 1 Spell obl 6 before before ADP _ 7 e case 7 e e NOUN Number=Sing 1 Spell obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 spell imperative you not said here it before e with a i vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme with i=Manner
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