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title: ★★★ A made-up word has sound buttons: one dot under th, one under i,… — Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 ch… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ A made-up word has sound buttons: one dot under th, one under i, one under ng. How many sounds and letters? Test 12 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; 
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# Test 12 · Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check

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★★★ A made-up word has sound buttons: one dot under th, one under i, one under ng. How many sounds and letters?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** make up, have · **To what, where:** sound buttons

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This is test 12 of lesson 2 «Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check» 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/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ A made-up word has sound buttons: one dot under th, one under i, one under ng.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t12:1
# text = ★★★ A made-up word has sound buttons: one dot under th, one under i, one under ng.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
9	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	buttons	button	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	dot	dot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	_
15	under	under	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	th	th	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	conj	_	_
19	under	under	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	conj	_	_
23	under	under	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	ng	ng	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | ★ ★ a made word | sound buttons |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=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.

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*Sentence 2:* How many sounds and letters?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t12:2
# text = How many sounds and letters?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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3 sounds, 3 letters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t12:o1:1
# text = 3 sounds, 3 letters
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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5 sounds, 3 letters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t12:o2:1
# text = 5 sounds, 3 letters
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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5 sounds, 5 letters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t12:o3:1
# text = 5 sounds, 5 letters
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
3 sounds, 5 letters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t12:o4:1
# text = 3 sounds, 5 letters
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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