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description: Which of the following methods most accurately verifies that a pupil both spells and comprehends a word from the list? Exam question 4 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 
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# Exam question 4 · Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)

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Which of the following methods most accurately verifies that a pupil both spells and comprehends a word from the list?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, verify, comprehend · **To what, where:** pupil, word, list

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:e4:1
# text = Which of the following methods most accurately verifies that a pupil both spells and comprehends a word from the list?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	methods	method	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	verifies	verify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc:preconj	_	_
13	spells	spell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	comprehends	comprehend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **verify** | present |  | a pupil both spells |  |  |  | of the following methods; accurately *property* | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pupil=Topic |
| 3 | **comprehend** | present |  | a word |  | the list |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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The location of the word in an index

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:e4:o1:1
# text = The location of the word in an index
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	index	index	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The copying of the word on ten successive occasions without reference to its meaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:e4:o2:1
# text = The copying of the word on ten successive occasions without reference to its meaning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	copying	copying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	successive	successive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** |  |  | the word on ten successive occasions without reference to reference's meaning |  |  |  |  | nom copying «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **mean** |  | reference |  |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The composition by the pupil of a sentence employing the word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:e4:o3:1
# text = The composition by the pupil of a sentence employing the word
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	employing	employ	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | gerund | the composition by the pupil of a sentence *not said here* | the word |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The recitation of the word letter by letter at speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:e4:o4:1
# text = The recitation of the word letter by letter at speed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	recitation	recitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recite** |  |  | the word letter by letter at speed |  |  |  |  | nom recitation «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **letter** |  | letter at speed |  |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: by=agent |

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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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