--- title: Ascertain the correct spelling of the word signifying «required» or… — Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutor… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the correct spelling of the word signifying «required» or «indispensable». Exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Words to know, Years 5–6 (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' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/e1/) [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/) / [Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutor…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea) Ascertain the correct spelling of the word signifying «required» or «indispensable». **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, word · **What happens:** ascertain, signify, require, spell · **To what, where:** correct spelling, word · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Words to know, Years 5–6 (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/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:e1:1 # text = Ascertain the correct spelling of the word signifying «required» or «indispensable». 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 `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 « « PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 indispensable indispensable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **require** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **spell** | | | the word | | | | | nom spelling «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 {#o1} neccessary ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:e1:o1:1 # text = neccessary 1 neccessary neccessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} necessary ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:e1:o2:1 # text = necessary 1 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} necesary ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:e1:o3:1 # text = necesary 1 necesary necesary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} neccesary ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:e1:o4:1 # text = neccesary 1 neccesary neccesary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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