--- title: «ur welcome, mate, it's grand». Uncle says the sign's wrong. Why? — Homophones and near-homophones · tree and pragmatics description: «ur welcome, mate, it's grand». Uncle says the sign's wrong. Why? Test 1 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 choice was wrong. --- [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/t1/) [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/) / t1 # Test 1 · Homophones and near-homophones «ur welcome, mate, it's grand». Uncle says the sign's wrong. Why? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, Uncle, sign · **What happens:** be, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 of lesson 11 «Homophones and near-homophones» 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/11-homophones-and-near-homophones/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «ur welcome, mate, it's grand». ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t1:1 # text = «ur welcome, mate, it's grand». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ur your PRON PRP$ Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 welcome welcome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mate | | | | | grand *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. *Sentence 2:* Uncle says the sign's wrong. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t1:2 # text = Uncle says the sign's wrong. 1 Uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Uncle | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the sign | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Why? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t1:3 # text = Why? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing is wrong with «your welcome» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t1:o1:1 # text = Nothing is wrong with «your welcome» 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 welcome welcome NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing | | | | | with your welcome; wrong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **welcome** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom welcome «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} It needs «yore», the old spelling from long ago ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t1:o2:1 # text = It needs «yore», the old spelling from long ago 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 yore yore NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 ago ago ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | It | yore and the old spelling | | | | ago *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot yore=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It needs «you're», because it means «you are» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t1:o3:1 # text = It needs «you're», because it means «you are» 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 11 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | It | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **mean** | present | it | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **does** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It needs «your», because it's about you ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t1:o4:1 # text = It needs «your», because it's about you 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needs need VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 because because SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | It | your | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot your=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | about you | tree rules | **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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