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title: Ascertain the most prudent use of an automatic spelling checker. — How to learn spellings that stick · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the most prudent use of an automatic spelling checker. Exam question 3 of lesson 15 «How to learn spellings that stick» 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 right.
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# Exam question 3 · How to learn spellings that stick

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Ascertain the most prudent use of an automatic spelling checker.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, use · **To what, where:** prudent use, automatic spelling checker

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 15 «How to learn spellings that stick» 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/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the most prudent use of an automatic spelling checker.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	prudent	prudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	automatic	automatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	checker	checker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the prudent use of a automatic spelling checker |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent use=Topic |
| 2 | **use** |  |  | a automatic spelling checker |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Its suggestions should be read and verified against the intended word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick:e3:o1:1
# text = Its suggestions should be read and verified against the intended word
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	suggestions	suggestion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	verified	verify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	against	against	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | should · passive |  | Its suggestions |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
| 2 | **verify** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | against the intended word | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **intend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **suggest** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom suggestion «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It should be disregarded in all circumstances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick:e3:o2:1
# text = It should be disregarded in all circumstances
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	disregarded	disregard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disregard** | should · passive |  | It |  | all circumstances |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its suggestions should be accepted without examination

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick:e3:o3:1
# text = Its suggestions should be accepted without examination
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	suggestions	suggestion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	accepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | should · passive |  | Its suggestions |  |  |  | without examination | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **suggest** |  | Its *= it* |  |  |  |  |  | nom suggestion «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It should be employed only for words of one syllable, longer words being beyond its competence

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick:e3:o4:1
# text = It should be employed only for words of one syllable, longer words being beyond its competence
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	syllable	syllable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
14	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	cop	_	_
15	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	competence	competence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | should · passive |  | It |  |  |  | for words of one syllable | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for word=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | longer words |  |  |  |  | beyond syllable's competence | tree rules |
| 3 | **word** |  |  | one syllable |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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