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title: Ascertain which of the following words is an adjective notwithstandi… — Word classes: the jobs words do · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain which of the following words is an adjective notwithstanding its terminal «-ly». Exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Word classes: the jobs words do» 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 righ
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# Exam question 4 · Word classes: the jobs words do

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Ascertain which of the following words is an adjective notwithstanding its terminal «-ly».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, adjective · **What happens:** ascertain, follow, be, notwithstand · **To what, where:** words, terminal

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 27 «Word classes: the jobs words do» 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/27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e4:1
# text = Ascertain which of the following words is an adjective notwithstanding its terminal «-ly».
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	adjective	adjective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	ccomp	_	_
10	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	terminal	terminal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	ly	ly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  | words |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the adjective | tree rules |
| 4 | **notwithstand** | gerund | the adjective *not said here* | adjective's terminal |  |  |  | ly *obl* | tree rules |

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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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lovely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e4:o1:1
# text = lovely
1	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e4:o2:1
# text = slowly
1	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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happily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e4:o3:1
# text = happily
1	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:27-word-classes-the-jobs-words-do:e4:o4:1
# text = quickly
1	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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