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title: Ascertain the correct spelling of the word signifying «to set or kee… — Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutor… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the correct spelling of the word signifying «to set or keep apart». Exam question 2 of lesson 13 «Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 2 · Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)

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Ascertain the correct spelling of the word signifying «to set or keep apart».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, word · **What happens:** ascertain, signify, set, keep, spell · **To what, where:** correct spelling, word · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 13 «Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the correct spelling of the word signifying «to set or keep apart».
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	signifying	signify	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct spelling of the word |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spelling=Topic |
| 2 | **signify** | gerund | the word *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **set** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the word *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **keep** *in a quote* | infinitive | the word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **spell** |  |  | the word |  |  |  |  | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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separate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:e2:o1:1
# text = separate
1	separate	separate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **separate** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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seperete

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:e2:o2:1
# text = seperete
1	seperete	seperete	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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separete

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:e2:o3:1
# text = separete
1	separete	separete	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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seperate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:e2:o4:1
# text = seperate
1	seperate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|Typo=Yes	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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