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title: «ugh, I learned the homophone list and still got «I can sea the see»… — Homophones and near-homophones · tree and pragmatics
description: «ugh, I learned the homophone list and still got «I can sea the see» wrong». What would help? Test 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 choice was right.
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# Test 4 · Homophones and near-homophones

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«ugh, I learned the homophone list and still got «I can sea the see» wrong». What would help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** learn, get, sea, help · **To what, where:** homophone list, see

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «ugh, I learned the homophone list and still got «I can sea the see» wrong».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t4:1
# text = «ugh, I learned the homophone list and still got «I can sea the see» wrong».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	homophone	homophone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	see	see	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** *in a quote* | past | I | the homophone list |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Topic |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | I *not said here* | the see |  |  | still | wrong *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer see=Stimulus |
| 3 | **sea** | can | I |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* What would help?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t4:2
# text = What would help?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only ever use one of each pair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t4:o1:1
# text = Only ever use one of each pair
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	3	advmod	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | one of each pair |  |  | ever |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Learn homophones in sentences, like «I see the sea»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t4:o2:1
# text = Learn homophones in sentences, like «I see the sea»
1	Learn	learn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	homophones	homophone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sentences	sentence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | imperative | you *not said here* | homophones |  | sentences |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homophone=Topic |
| 2 | **see** *in a quote* | present | I | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sea=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Learn the list again, louder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t4:o3:1
# text = Learn the list again, louder
1	Learn	learn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | imperative | you *not said here* | the list |  |  | again |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Skip any sentence with homophones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t4:o4:1
# text = Skip any sentence with homophones
1	Skip	skip	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	homophones	homophone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | imperative | you *not said here* | any sentence |  |  |  | with homophones | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Agent |

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