--- title: «I can't except your apology». What should it be? — Homophones and near-homophones · tree and pragmatics description: «I can't except your apology». What should it be? Test 8 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Homophones and near-homophones «I can't except your apology». What should it be? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** apology · **What happens:** be This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «I can't except your apology». ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t8:1 # text = «I can't except your apology». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 5 except except ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 apology apology NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* What should it be? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t8:2 # text = What should it be? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | should | apology | | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} expect, meaning to wait for something to happen ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t8:o1:1 # text = expect, meaning to wait for something to happen 1 expect expect VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 5 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expect** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **wait** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | for something | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **happen** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} except, meaning leaving something out ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t8:o2:1 # text = except, meaning leaving something out 1 except except ADP IN _ 3 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 leaving leave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 4 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | gerund | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave out** *not said to happen* | gerund | | something | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} accept, meaning to take or agree ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t8:o3:1 # text = accept, meaning to take or agree 1 accept accept VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 agree agree VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accept** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} excerpt, meaning a short part of a text ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:11-homophones-and-near-homophones:t8:o4:1 # text = excerpt, meaning a short part of a text 1 excerpt excerpt VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **excerpt** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mean** | gerund | you *not said here* | a short part of a text | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Topic | **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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