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title: «ceiling, that's c-i-e, cos i before e innit». Put her right. — i before e, silent letters and other f… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 2 · ★ · i before e, silent letters and other famous traps

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«ceiling, that's c-i-e, cos i before e innit». Put her right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, i, you · **What happens:** be, e, put · **To what, where:** c i e, innit, her

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «ceiling, that's c-i-e, cos i before e innit».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps:t2:1
# text = «ceiling, that's c-i-e, cos i before e innit».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
6	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	i	i	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	i	i	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	e	e	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
16	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | c i e and i |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **e** *in a quote* | gerund | i *not said here* | innit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Put her right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps:t2:2
# text = Put her right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both orders are fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps:t2:o1:1
# text = Both orders are fine
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | both orders |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
After c it's ei: c-e-i-l-i-n-g

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps:t2:o2:1
# text = After c it's ei: c-e-i-l-i-n-g
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	ei	EI	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	i	i	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	l	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n	n	ADV	FW	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	g	G	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | c | ei |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's spelled «seeling»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps:t2:o3:1
# text = It's spelled «seeling»
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	seeling	seel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **seel** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She's right, c-i-e-l-i-n-g

<!-- fold The tree, 10 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:10-i-before-e-silent-letters-and-famous-traps:t2:o4:1
# text = She's right, c-i-e-l-i-n-g
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	i	i	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	l	l	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n	n	X	FW	_	11	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	g	G	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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