--- title: «ancient? that's a sh sound, so ansh-ent». How is the /sh/ spelled? — Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutor… · tree and pragmatics description: «ancient? that's a sh sound, so ansh-ent». How is the /sh/ spelled? Test 9 · ★★ 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's choice was wrong. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★ · Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea) «ancient? that's a sh sound, so ansh-ent». How is the /sh/ spelled? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, sh · **What happens:** be, spell · **To what, where:** sh sound This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Words to know, Years 5–6 (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/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «ancient? that's a sh sound, so ansh-ent». ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:t9:1 # text = «ancient? that's a sh sound, so ansh-ent». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 sh sh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 11 ansh ansh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ent ent NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *in a quote* | | that *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | a sh sound | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* How is the /sh/ spelled? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:t9:2 # text = How is the /sh/ spelled? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 / / SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 5 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 sh sh NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 / / SYM , _ 7 cc _ _ 7 spelled spell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the sh | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **spell** | participle | the sh *not said here* | | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} sh, as in «anshent» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:t9:o1:1 # text = sh, as in «anshent» 1 sh sh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 anshent anshent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} ci, as in «ancient» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:t9:o2:1 # text = ci, as in «ancient» 1 ci co NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} ti, as in «antient» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:t9:o3:1 # text = ti, as in «antient» 1 ti ti ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 antient antient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} ch, as in «anchent» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:t9:o4:1 # text = ch, as in «anchent» 1 ch ch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 anchent anchent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` 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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