--- title: Ascertain the correct form to be employed in the sentence «___ going… — Homophones and near-homophones · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the correct form to be employed in the sentence «___ going to the park», wherein the meaning is «they are». Exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Homophones and near-homophones» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/11-homophones-and-near-homophones/e2/) [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/) / [Homophones and near-homophones](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/11-homophones-and-near-homophones/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Homophones and near-homophones Ascertain the correct form to be employed in the sentence «\_\_\_ going to the park», wherein the meaning is «they are». **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, meaning · **What happens:** ascertain, employ, go, be · **To what, where:** correct form, sentence, park · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Homophones and near-homophones» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/11-homophones-and-near-homophones/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the correct form to be employed in the sentence «___ going to the park», wherein the meaning is «they are». 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 « « PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 15 punct _ _ 15 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 parataxis _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 21 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:outer _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 « « PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 » » PUNCT '' _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct form | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **employ** | to-infinitive · passive | you *not said here* | the correct form *not said here* | | the sentence | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **go** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | the park | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the meaning | | | | | be, wherein *property* | 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 {#o1} There ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:e2:o1:1 # text = There 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} They'are ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:e2:o2:1 # text = They'are 1 They'are they'are NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They're ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:e2:o3:1 # text = They're 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Their ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:e2:o4:1 # text = Their 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ ``` 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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