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title: «just read me the story, why do I hafta tap fingers to spell frog».… — Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 ch… · tree and pragmatics
description: «just read me the story, why do I hafta tap fingers to spell frog». Why tap? Test 6 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 right.
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# Test 6 · Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check

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«just read me the story, why do I hafta tap fingers to spell frog». Why tap?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, I · **What happens:** read, do, finger, spell · **To what, where:** story, me, frog

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «just read me the story, why do I hafta tap fingers to spell frog».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t6:1
# text = «just read me the story, why do I hafta tap fingers to spell frog».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	hafta	hafta	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	spell	spell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl	_	_
16	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the story | me |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient story=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **finger** *in a quote* |  | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **spell** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | frog |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent frog=Theme |

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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:* Why tap?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t6:2
# text = Why tap?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Each tap is one sound, so you know how many to write

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t6:o1:1
# text = Each tap is one sound, so you know how many to write
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	tap	tap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | each tap | one sound |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | you | many |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer many=Stimulus |
| 3 | **write** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tapping makes the hand warm and ready to write

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t6:o2:1
# text = Tapping makes the hand warm and ready to write
1	Tapping	tapping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Tapping | the hand |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hand=Product |
| 2 | **write** | to-infinitive | the hand *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tapping counts the letters, and frog has five

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t6:o3:1
# text = Tapping counts the letters, and frog has five
1	Tapping	tapping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	frog	frog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | Tapping | the letters |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | present | frog | five |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's a game with no link to spelling at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check:t6:o4:1
# text = It's a game with no link to spelling at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	link	link	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a game |  | all |  | with no link to spelling | tree rules |

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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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