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Test 1 · Homophones: words that sound the same

Your mate goes "homophones are just the same word, innit, spell 'em how u like." What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, homophones, u · What happens: go, be, spell, like · To what, where: same word, 'em · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 27 «Homophones: words that sound the same» 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 goes "homophones are just the same word, innit, spell 'em how u like."

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 goes	nsubj
3	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 word	punct
5	homophones	homophone	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 word	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 word	cop
7	just	just	ADV	_	10 word	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 word	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 word	amod
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 goes	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 word	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 spell	punct
14	spell	spell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 goes	parataxis
15	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 spell	obj
16	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	18 like	advmod
17	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 like	nsubj
18	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 spell	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 goes	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Your mate						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	homophones	the same word and innit					tree rules
3	spell in a quote	infinitive		'em = they					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	like in a quote	present	u						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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: What's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

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

They have different meanings, so spelling matters

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	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 meanings	amod
4	meanings	meaning	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 matters	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 matters	advmod
7	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 matters	nsubj
8	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 have	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	They	different meanings					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient
2	matter	present	spelling						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

They're only found in very old books

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	4 found	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 found	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 found	advmod
4	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 books	case
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 old	advmod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 books	amod
8	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · passive		They		old books			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

Only teachers care about meaning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 teachers	advmod
2	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 care	nsubj
3	care	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 meaning	case
5	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 care	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	present	teachers					about meaning	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about meaning=Stimulus

Option 4

He's right, any spelling works as long as it sounds right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 works	punct
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 spelling	det
6	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 works	nsubj
7	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 long	advmod
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 works	advmod
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 sounds	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sounds	nsubj
12	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 works	advcl
13	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sounds	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	work	present	any spelling					long property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sound	present	spelling					right property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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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