--- title: ★★★ Which made-up word could a child read with ONLY the first six so… — Sounds and letters: how phonics starts · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Which made-up word could a child read with ONLY the first six sounds, s, a, t, p, i, n? Test 11 of lesson 1 «Sounds and letters: how phonics starts» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/1-sounds-and-letters-how-phonics-starts/t11/) [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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Sounds and letters: how phonics starts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/1-sounds-and-letters-how-phonics-starts/) / t11 # Test 11 · Sounds and letters: how phonics starts ★★★ Which made-up word could a child read with ONLY the first six sounds, s, a, t, p, i, n? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★ · **What happens:** make up, read · **To what, where:** word, child This is test 11 of lesson 1 «Sounds and letters: how phonics starts» of the English 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/english/1-sounds-and-letters-how-phonics-starts/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:1-sounds-and-letters-how-phonics-starts:t11:1 # text = ★★★ Which made-up word could a child read with ONLY the first six sounds, s, a, t, p, i, n? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 12 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 14 ONLY only ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 17 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 s s NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 t t NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 p p NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 n n NOUN FW Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | past | ★ ★ ★ and n | word | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme word=Pivot | | 2 | **read** | participle | | a child *not said here* | | | | with the first six sounds and s and a t and p | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} «zib» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:1-sounds-and-letters-how-phonics-starts:t11:o1:1 # text = «zib» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 zib zib X GW _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} «mot» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:1-sounds-and-letters-how-phonics-starts:t11:o2:1 # text = «mot» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 mot mot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} «pas» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:1-sounds-and-letters-how-phonics-starts:t11:o3:1 # text = «pas» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 pas pa NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} «shap» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:1-sounds-and-letters-how-phonics-starts:t11:o4:1 # text = «shap» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 shap shap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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