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Test 6 · Homophones: words that sound the same

Your dad says "bear and bare are one word with two spellings." What's true?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad · What happens: say, bear, be · To what, where: one word · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 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 dad says "bear and bare are one word with two spellings."

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 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 bear	punct
5	bear	bear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 word	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bare	cc
7	bare	bear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 bear	conj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 word	cop
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 word	nummod
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 spellings	case
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 spellings	nummod
13	spellings	spelling	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 word	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your dad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	bear in a quote	infinitive							vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	bear in a quote	infinitive							vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
4	is a in a quote	present		one word				with two spellings	tree rules

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

He's right, they're one word

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	_	8 word	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 word	nsubj
6	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 word	cop
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 word	nummod
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	they	one word					tree rules

Option 2

"Bear" is only the animal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bear	punct
2	Bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 animal	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bear	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 animal	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	7 animal	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 animal	det
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Bear	the animal					tree rules

Option 3

"Bare" is the American spelling of the British "bear"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bare	punct
2	Bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spelling	nsubj
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Bare	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 spelling	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 spelling	det
6	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 spelling	amod
7	spelling	spelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 bear	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bear	det
10	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 bear	amod
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 bear	punct
12	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spelling	nmod
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 bear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Bare	the American spelling				of the British bear	tree rules

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

They are different words with different meanings

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 words	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 words	cop
3	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 words	amod
4	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 meanings	case
6	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 meanings	amod
7	meanings	meaning	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 words	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	different words				with different meanings	tree rules

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