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title: ★★★ «Busy» becomes «business». Which other word changes its y to i i… — Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutor… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ «Busy» becomes «business». Which other word changes its y to i in the same way? Test 11 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 choice 
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# Test 11 · Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)

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★★★ «Busy» becomes «business». Which other word changes its y to i in the same way?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, other word · **What happens:** become, change · **To what, where:** business, y, i, same way

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This is test 11 of lesson 13 «Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)» 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/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «Busy» becomes «business».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:t11:1
# text = ★★★ «Busy» becomes «business».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | ★ | business |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which other word changes its y to i in the same way?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:t11:2
# text = Which other word changes its y to i in the same way?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	obj	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	y	y	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | other word | word's y | i | the same way |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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happy → happiness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:t11:o1:1
# text = happy → happiness
1	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	→	→	SYM	SYM	_	3	punct	_	_
3	happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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play → playful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:t11:o2:1
# text = play → playful
1	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	→	→	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
3	playful	playful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | playful *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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day → days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:t11:o3:1
# text = day → days
1	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	→	→	SYM	SYM	_	3	punct	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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enjoy → enjoyment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:t11:o4:1
# text = enjoy → enjoyment
1	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	→	→	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | imperative | you *not said here* | enjoyment |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enjoyment=Stimulus |

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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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