--- title: «a wee question, is it a peace of cake?» What is the trick? — Homophones and near-homophones · tree and pragmatics description: «a wee question, is it a peace of cake?» What is the trick? Test 5 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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · Homophones and near-homophones «a wee question, is it a peace of cake?» What is the trick? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wee question, trick · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** peace This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «a wee question, is it a peace of cake?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t5:1 # text = «a wee question, is it a peace of cake?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 wee wee ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a wee question | a peace | | | | of cake | 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:* What is the trick? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t5:2 # text = What is the trick? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 trick trick NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the trick | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Both spellings mean the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t5:o1:1 # text = Both spellings mean the same 1 Both both DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 spellings spelling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | both spellings | the same | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} «Peace» is for cake, «piece» for pie ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t5:o2:1 # text = «Peace» is for cake, «piece» for pie 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 pie pie NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Peace | | | | | for cake; for pie | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} «A piece of pie»: both have «pie» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t5:o3:1 # text = «A piece of pie»: both have «pie» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 pie pie NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 9 nsubj _ _ 9 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 pie pie NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | both | a piece of pie | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} «Peace» has «pea», like food ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t5:o4:1 # text = «Peace» has «pea», like food 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 4 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 pea pea NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 like like ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Peace | pea | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pea=Patient | **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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