--- title: ★★★ Which group shares one silent-letter pattern? — i before e, silent letters and other f… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Which group shares one silent-letter pattern? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 10 «i before e, silent letters and other famous traps» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/t12/) [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/) / [i before e, silent letters and other f…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · i before e, silent letters and other famous traps ★★★ Which group shares one silent-letter pattern? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★ · **What happens:** share · **To what, where:** one letter pattern This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 10 «i before e, silent letters and other famous traps» 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/10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps:t12:1 # text = ★★★ Which group shares one silent-letter pattern? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 5 det _ _ 5 group group NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 shares share VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 8 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **share** | present | ★ ★ ★ | one letter pattern | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} lamb, climb, comb ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps:t12:o1:1 # text = lamb, climb, comb 1 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 climb climb NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} knife, write, gnome ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps:t12:o2:1 # text = knife, write, gnome 1 knife knife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 write write VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 gnome gnome NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | gnome | | | | knife *vocative* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gnome=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} eight, weigh, weird ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps:t12:o3:1 # text = eight, weigh, weird 1 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 weigh weigh NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} island, Wednesday, rhythm ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps:t12:o4:1 # text = island, Wednesday, rhythm 1 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Wednesday Wednesday PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 rhythm rhythm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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