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title: Identify the principal purpose of the inclusion of pseudo-words in t… — Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 ch… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of the inclusion of pseudo-words in the said check. Exam question 3 of lesson 2 «Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check» 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 wro
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# Exam question 3 · Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check

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Identify the principal purpose of the inclusion of pseudo-words in the said check.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, inclusion · **What happens:** identify, say, purpose, include · **To what, where:** principal purpose, pseudo words · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check» 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/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of the inclusion of pseudo-words in the said check.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	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	inclusion	inclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	pseudo	pseudo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	check	check	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose of the inclusion of pseudo words in the said check |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the inclusion of pseudo words in the said check |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 4 | **include** |  |  | pseudo words in the said check |  |  |  |  | nom inclusion «state 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To detect pupils who guess at familiar words rather than decode

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:e3:o1:1
# text = To detect pupils who guess at familiar words rather than decode
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	detect	detect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	guess	guess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	familiar	familiar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	11	cc	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	decode	decode	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detect** | to-infinitive |  | pupils |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer pupil=Stimulus |
| 2 | **guess** | present | pupils |  |  | familiar words |  |  | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at word=Value |
| 3 | **decode** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To teach the pupils new vocabulary for later use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:e3:o2:1
# text = To teach the pupils new vocabulary for later use
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	teach	teach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  | new vocabulary | the pupils |  |  | for use | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent pupil=Recipient vocabulary=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To amuse the pupils during an otherwise tedious examination

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:e3:o3:1
# text = To amuse the pupils during an otherwise tedious examination
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	amuse	amuse	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	tedious	tedious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **amuse** | to-infinitive |  | the pupils |  |  | during a tedious examination |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pupil=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To shorten the time required for the check

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:e3:o4:1
# text = To shorten the time required for the check
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	shorten	shorten	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	check	check	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shorten** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **require** | participle |  | the time *not said here* |  |  |  | for the check | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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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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