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title: «mnemonics for every word, proper job!» says Gran. Is that the best… — How to learn spellings that stick · tree and pragmatics
description: «mnemonics for every word, proper job!» says Gran. Is that the best plan? Test 9 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · How to learn spellings that stick

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«mnemonics for every word, proper job!» says Gran. Is that the best plan?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** best plan · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 15 «How to learn spellings that stick» 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/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «mnemonics for every word, proper job!» says Gran.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick:t9:1
# text = «mnemonics for every word, proper job!» says Gran.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mnemonics	mnemonic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	ccomp	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Is that the best plan?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick:t9:2
# text = Is that the best plan?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the best plan |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only learn words with tricks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick:t9:o1:1
# text = Only learn words with tricks
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	learn	learn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | imperative | you *not said here* | words |  |  |  | with tricks | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, tricks never help anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick:t9:o2:1
# text = No, tricks never help anyone
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **help** | present | tricks |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Use tricks for the hardest words and rules for the rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick:t9:o3:1
# text = Use tricks for the hardest words and rules for the rest
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	hardest	hard	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | tricks |  |  |  | for the hardest words and rules; for the rest | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent trick=Theme for word=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, a trick for every single word in the dictionary, even «cat»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes, a trick for every single word in the dictionary, even «cat»
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dictionary	dictionary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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

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