--- title: ★★★ «The noise had a big ___ on the dogs; it ___ them all night.» Wh… — Homophones and near-homophones · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ «The noise had a big ___ on the dogs; it ___ them all night.» Which pair fits? 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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/#t12). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «The noise had a big \_\_\_ on the dogs; it \_\_\_ them all night.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t12:1 # text = ★★★ «The noise had a big ___ on the dogs; it ___ them all night.» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 obj _ _ 9 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 9 punct _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 21 punct _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | ★ | a | | | | dogs *= dog* *obl* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent a=Patient | 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:* Which pair fits? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t12:2 # text = Which pair fits? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fits fit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fit** | present | which pair | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} effect, affected ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t12:o1:1 # text = effect, affected 1 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 affected affect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **affect** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} effect, effected ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t12:o2:1 # text = effect, effected 1 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 effected affect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **affect** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} affect, effected ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t12:o3:1 # text = affect, effected 1 affect affect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 effected affect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **affect** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} affect, affected ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t12:o4:1 # text = affect, affected 1 affect affect NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 affected affect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **affect** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | **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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