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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the words «accept» and «except». Exam question 4 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 option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 4 · Homophones and near-homophones

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the words «accept» and «except».

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, accept · **To what, where:** response, words · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the words «accept» and «except».
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	except	except	ADP	IN	_	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **accept** *in a quote* | infinitive | the established facts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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«Except» signifies to receive, whereas «accept» signifies to exclude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:e4:o1:1
# text = «Except» signifies to receive, whereas «accept» signifies to exclude
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Except	except	X	GW	_	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	whereas	whereas	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	accept	accept	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	exclude	exclude	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | Except |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **receive** | to-infinitive | Except *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **accept** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | whereas *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **signify** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **exclude** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Accept» is employed only in formal correspondence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:e4:o2:1
# text = «Accept» is employed only in formal correspondence
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **employ** | present · passive |  |  |  | formal correspondence |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Both words signify «not including» and may be used interchangeably

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:e4:o3:1
# text = Both words signify «not including» and may be used interchangeably
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	signify	signify	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	including	include	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
12	interchangeably	interchangeably	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **signify** | present | both words |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **include** *in a quote* | gerund | both words *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **use** | may · passive | both words *not said here* |  |  |  |  | interchangeably *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V» |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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«Accept» signifies to receive or agree, whereas «except» signifies «not including»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:e4:o4:1
# text = «Accept» signifies to receive or agree, whereas «except» signifies «not including»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Accept	accept	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	except	except	ADP	IN	_	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	signifies	signify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	including	include	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **signify** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **receive** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **signify** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **not** **include** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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