Test 10 · Homophones: words that sound the same

Which memory hook helps with "heard"?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: memory hook · What happens: help

This is test 10 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 memory	det
2	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hook	compound
3	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 helps	nsubj
4	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 heard	case
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 heard	punct
7	heard	heard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 helps	obl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 heard	punct
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	memory hook					with heard	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with heard=Theme

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

Heard has "earth" in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heard	Heard	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 earth	punct
4	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 earth	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Heard	earth		earth			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Patient

Option 2

Herd has an "h" for hearing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 h	det
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 h	punct
5	h	H	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 h	punct
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 hearing	case
8	hearing	hearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Herd	a h				for hearing	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent h=Patient

Option 3

Heard rhymes with bird, and birds sing so you hear them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 rhymes	amod
2	rhymes	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sing	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 bird	case
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rhymes	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 birds	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 birds	cc
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rhymes	conj
8	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 hear	advmod
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 hear	nsubj
11	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sing	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	hear	participle			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	sing speech: express	present	Heard rhymes with bird and birds		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hear	present	you	rhymes = rhyme	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

You hear with your ear, and heard has "ear" in it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 hear	nsubj
2	hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 has	advcl
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 ear	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ear	nmod:poss
5	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hear	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 heard	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 heard	cc
8	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hear	parataxis
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 ear	punct
11	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 ear	punct
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 has	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	present	You			with your ear	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	hear	past					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	have	present		ear	ear		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient

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