Test 5 · Homophones: words that sound the same A Gen Alpha kid writes "the lion hunted its pray, no cap." ("No cap" means for real.) What's the spelling mistake?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alpha kid, lion, cap, spelling mistake · What happens: write, hunt, mean, be · To what, where: pray · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: A Gen Alpha kid writes "the lion hunted its pray, no cap."
det compound compound nsubj punct det nsubj ccomp nmod:poss obj punct det conj punct punct root A DET Gen PROPN Alpha PROPN kid NOUN writes VERB " PUNCT the DET lion NOUN hunted VERB its PRON pray NOUN , PUNCT no DET cap NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 kid det 2 Gen Gen PROPN Number=Sing 3 Alpha compound 3 Alpha Alpha PROPN Number=Sing 4 kid compound 4 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 5 writes nsubj 5 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 hunted punct 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 lion det 8 lion lion NOUN Number=Sing 9 hunted nsubj 9 hunted hunt VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 writes ccomp 10 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 pray nmod:poss 11 pray pray NOUN Number=Sing 9 hunted obj 12 , , PUNCT _ 14 cap punct 13 no no DET PronType=Neg 14 cap det 14 cap cap NOUN Number=Sing 11 pray conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 9 hunted punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 9 hunted punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write present a Alpha kid vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 hunt in a quote past the lion lion's pray and no cap vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pray=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.
Sentence 2: ("No cap" means for real.)
punct punct det nsubj punct case obl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT No DET cap NOUN " PUNCT means VERB for ADP real ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 4 cap punct 3 No no DET PronType=Neg 4 cap det 4 cap cap NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 cap punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 for for ADP _ 8 real case 8 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 6 means obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present no cap for real vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for real=Attribute
Sentence 3: What's the spelling mistake?
cop det compound nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET spelling NOUN mistake 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 5 mistake det 4 spelling spelling NOUN Number=Sing 5 mistake compound 5 mistake mistake NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the spelling mistake tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Nothing, "pray" is right
nsubj punct punct appos punct cop root Nothing PRON , PUNCT " PUNCT pray NOUN " PUNCT is AUX right ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 right nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 pray punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 pray punct 4 pray pray NOUN Number=Sing 1 Nothing appos 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 pray punct 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 right cop 7 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Nothing right property tree rules
Option 2 "Its" should be "it's", with an apostrophe
punct nmod:poss punct aux cop punct nsubj cop punct punct case det root " PUNCT Its PRON " PUNCT should AUX be AUX " PUNCT it PRON 's AUX " PUNCT , PUNCT with ADP an DET apostrophe NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Its punct 2 Its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 apostrophe nmod:poss 3 " " PUNCT _ 2 Its punct 4 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 apostrophe aux 5 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 13 apostrophe cop 6 " " PUNCT _ 13 apostrophe punct 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 apostrophe nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 apostrophe cop 9 " " PUNCT _ 8 's punct 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 apostrophe punct 11 with with ADP _ 13 apostrophe case 12 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 apostrophe det 13 apostrophe apostrophe NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is should it with Its apostrophe tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer It should be "prey", a hunted animal
nsubj aux cop punct punct punct det amod conj root It PRON should AUX be AUX " PUNCT prey NOUN " PUNCT , PUNCT a DET hunted VERB animal NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 prey nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 prey aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 prey cop 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 prey punct 5 prey prey NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 prey punct 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 animal punct 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 animal det 9 hunted hunt VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 10 animal amod 10 animal animal NOUN Number=Sing 5 prey conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote should It prey and a hunted animal tree rules 2 hunt participle vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 It should be "pree"
nsubj aux cop punct punct root It PRON should AUX be AUX " PUNCT pree NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 pree nsubj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 pree aux 3 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 pree cop 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 pree punct 5 pree pree NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 " " PUNCT _ 5 pree punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote should It pree tree rules
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