--- title: Your friend says spelling bees are pointless because "phones fix spe… — School rules, honesty and wrong accusa… · tree and pragmatics description: Your friend says spelling bees are pointless because "phones fix spelling". Why still learn? Test 7 of lesson 11 «School rules, honesty and wrong accusations» of the AI course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [AI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/) / [School rules, honesty and wrong accusa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/) / t7 # Test 7 · School rules, honesty and wrong accusations Your friend says spelling bees are pointless because "phones fix spelling". Why still learn? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** friend, spelling bees, phones, you · **What happens:** say, be, fix, learn · **To what, where:** spelling · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 of lesson 11 «School rules, honesty and wrong accusations» of the AI 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/ai/11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your friend says spelling bees are pointless because "phones fix spelling". ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t7:1 # text = Your friend says spelling bees are pointless because "phones fix spelling". 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 pointless pointless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 fix fix VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 12 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your friend | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | spelling bees | | | | | pointless *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fix** *in a quote* | present | phones | spelling | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent spelling=Patient | 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:* Why still learn? ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t7:2 # text = Why still learn? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 learn learn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | still | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Some skills need to live in your own head ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t7:o1:1 # text = Some skills need to live in your own head 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 skills skill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | some skills | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **live** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | some skills *not said here* | | | your own head | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in head=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Phones never fix spelling ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t7:o2:1 # text = Phones never fix spelling 1 Phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 fix fix VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fix** | present | Phones | spelling | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent spelling=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Teachers like long words ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t7:o3:1 # text = Teachers like long words 1 Teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | Teachers | long words | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot word=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Spelling bees win money ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:11-school-rules-honesty-and-wrong-accusations:t7:o4:1 # text = Spelling bees win money 1 Spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | Spelling bees | money | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality | **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. 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