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title: «seperate looks right to me, bro». Which trick fixes it? — Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutor… · tree and pragmatics
description: «seperate looks right to me, bro». Which trick fixes it? Test 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)

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«seperate looks right to me, bro». Which trick fixes it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** seperate, trick · **What happens:** look, fix · **To what, where:** seperate

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «seperate looks right to me, bro».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:t2:1
# text = «seperate looks right to me, bro».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	seperate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|Typo=Yes	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** *in a quote* | present | seperate |  |  |  |  | bro *vocative*; right *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which trick fixes it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:t2:2
# text = Which trick fixes it?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fixes	fix	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | present | which trick | seperate *= separate* |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Separate rhymes with «per»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:t2:o1:1
# text = Separate rhymes with «per»
1	Separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rhymes	rhyme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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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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Separate has «a pet» in the middle of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:t2:o2:1
# text = Separate has «a pet» in the middle of it
1	Separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Separate | a pet |  | the middle of middle |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Write it how it sounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:t2:o3:1
# text = Write it how it sounds
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **sound** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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There's «a rat» in separate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:13-words-to-know-years-3-4:t2:o4:1
# text = There's «a rat» in separate
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a rat |  |  | separate; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in separate=Location |

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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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