Exam question 3 · Homophones: words that sound the same

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the words "which" and "witch".

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, words

This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Homophones: words that sound the same» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 words	det
11	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 which	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 words	nmod
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 which	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 witch	cc
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 witch	punct
17	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 which	conj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 witch	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the words		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus word=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

They are pronounced identically by most speakers but distinctly by many in Scotland and Ireland

The tree, 15 words

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 pronounced	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pronounced	aux:pass
3	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	identically	identically	ADV	_	3 pronounced	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 speakers	case
6	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 speakers	amod
7	speakers	speaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pronounced	obl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 many	cc
9	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	_	11 many	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 many	case
11	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pronounced	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 Scotland	case
13	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 many	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Ireland	cc
15	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Scotland	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	present · passive	most speakers	They				identically property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2

The distinction is regarded as an error

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 distinction	det
2	distinction	distinction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regarded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 regarded	aux:pass
4	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 error	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 error	det
7	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	present · passive		the distinction				as a error	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as error=Value

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They are pronounced identically in every accent of English, without any exception whatsoever

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 pronounced	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pronounced	aux:pass
3	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	identically	identically	ADV	_	3 pronounced	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 accent	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 accent	det
7	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pronounced	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 English	case
9	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 accent	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 exception	punct
11	without	without	ADP	_	13 exception	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 exception	det
13	exception	exception	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pronounced	parataxis
14	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	13 exception	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	present · passive		They		every accent of English		identically property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in accent=Manner
2	accent			English					nom accent «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

They are pronounced distinctly in every accent of English

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 pronounced	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pronounced	aux:pass
3	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	_	3 pronounced	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 accent	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 accent	det
7	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pronounced	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 English	case
9	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 accent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pronounce	present · passive		They		every accent of English		distinctly property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in accent=Manner
2	accent			English					nom accent «communication transitive»: of=patient

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