Homophones and near-homophones
Tests: 4 of 12 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: plain · Understood: 5 of 16 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72
Lesson 11 of the english course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.
Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.
Test 1 · wrong ✗
«ur welcome, mate, it's grand». Uncle says the sign's wrong. Why?
- 1. Nothing is wrong with «your welcome» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It needs «yore», the old spelling from long ago — no support
- 3. It needs «you're», because it means «you are» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. It needs «your», because it's about you — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 2 · wrong ✗
«the apostrophe means belonging, so it's tail must be right innit». Put her right.
- 1. She's right, the apostrophe always shows belonging — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. «Its'» with the apostrophe at the end is right — no support
- 3. Both «its» and «it's» are fine for belonging, as long as the reader understands — no support
- 4. «Its» for belonging; «it's» only means «it is» or «it has» — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 3 · wrong ✗
What would happen if we spelled «there», «their» and «they're» all the same?
- 1. Nothing, nobody ever needs the spelling — no support
- 2. Readers would have to guess the meaning from the sentence — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 3. All three words would mean «a place» — ← Mova's choice · score 6
- 4. People would stop using them and say «they are» every time — score 4
Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 3 with score 6, against 4 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 1: «Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things: see and sea, bear and bare, piece and peace. When you read, the…», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+4); the same doer «words» (+4). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 4 · right ✓
«ugh, I learned the homophone list and still got «I can sea the see» wrong». What would help?
- 1. Only ever use one of each pair — no support
- 2. Learn homophones in sentences, like «I see the sea» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 10
- 3. Learn the list again, louder — no support
- 4. Skip any sentence with homophones — no support
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 16: «Homophones stick best when you learn them inside sentences, like «I see the sea».», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «homophones» (+4); the same place «sentences» (+4); the same action «learn» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 5 · wrong ✗
«a wee question, is it a peace of cake?» What is the trick?
- 1. Both spellings mean the same — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. «Peace» is for cake, «piece» for pie — no support
- 3. «A piece of pie»: both have «pie» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. «Peace» has «pea», like food — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 6 · wrong ✗
«that party was bare good» on a homework story. What is the wise advice?
- 1. It is a spelling mistake for «bear» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. It means the party had no people — no support
- 3. «Bare» can never mean «very» — no support
- 4. Fine with friends; in homework write «very good» — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 7 · right ✓
A cartoon bear holds a sign: «Bare crossing». What is wrong?
- 1. It means uncovered; the animal is «bear» — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 5
- 2. Nothing, bare is the animal — no support
- 3. «Bear» is only a verb, to carry — score 2
- 4. It should say «bair» — no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 13: ««Bear» is the animal or means to carry; «bare» means uncovered.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «bear» (+3); the same action «mean» (+2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 8 · wrong ✗
«I can't except your apology». What should it be?
- 1. expect, meaning to wait for something to happen — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. except, meaning leaving something out — no support
- 3. accept, meaning to take or agree — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. excerpt, meaning a short part of a text — no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 9 · wrong ✗
«whose going to the shop? nan's car's outside». What's the slip?
- 1. It should be «whos», no apostrophe — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. Nothing, «whose» means «who is» — no support
- 3. It should be «hoose», the Scots way — no support
- 4. It should be «who's», meaning «who is» — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 10 · wrong ✗
★★★ How many mistakes in: «Their going too the park with there dog»?
- 1. 4 — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. 1 — no support
- 3. 2 — no support
- 4. 3 — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 11 · right ✓
★★★ Which sentence is spelled correctly?
- 1. It's raining, so the cat licked its paws — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. It's raining, so the cat licked it's paws — no support
- 3. Its raining, so the cat licked its paws — no support
- 4. Its raining, so the cat licked it's paws — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Test 12 · right ✓
★★★ «The noise had a big ___ on the dogs; it ___ them all night.» Which pair fits?
- 1. effect, affected — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
- 2. effect, effected — no support
- 3. affect, effected — no support
- 4. affect, affected — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a homophone?
- 1. A word identical in pronunciation to another but distinct in spelling and meaning — ✓ the right answer · score 7
- 2. A word employed exclusively in poetry — score 4
- 3. A word of which the spelling is identical when reversed, as in «level» or «noon» — ← Mova's choice · score 8
- 4. A word identical in meaning to another but distinct in pronunciation — score 7
Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 8, against 7 for the next best. Its support: lesson 4, line 2: «English often has several spellings for one sound. Tom in Newcastle grumbles that «boat», «snow», «home» and «toe» all say /oa/ and are all spelled differently…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same doer «oa» (+3); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 1, scored 7. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗
Ascertain the correct form to be employed in the sentence «___ going to the park», wherein the meaning is «they are».
- 1. There — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. They'are — no support
- 3. They're — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. Their — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗
Identify the principal distinction between «its» and «it's».
- 1. «It's» denotes possession, whereas «its» is a contraction of «it is» — ← Mova's choice · no support
- 2. «Its» is the British form and «it's» the American form of the same word — no support
- 3. «Its» denotes possession, whereas «it's» is a contraction of «it is» or «it has» — ✓ the right answer · no support
- 4. The two forms are interchangeable in all written English, whether formal or informal, and in all countries — no support
Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗
Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the words «accept» and «except».
- 1. «Except» signifies to receive, whereas «accept» signifies to exclude — no support
- 2. «Accept» is employed only in formal correspondence — no support
- 3. Both words signify «not including» and may be used interchangeably — ← Mova's choice · score 5
- 4. «Accept» signifies to receive or agree, whereas «except» signifies «not including» — ✓ the right answer · no support
Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 3 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 1: «Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and mean different things: see and sea, bear and bare, piece and peace. When you read, the…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «words» (+3); the same action «mean» (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics
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