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title: «oi, look at the wall again and I'm tellin' Miss you're cheatin'». I… — Tricky words and common exception words · tree and pragmatics
description: «oi, look at the wall again and I'm tellin' Miss you're cheatin'». Is using the word wall cheating? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Tricky words and common exception words» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 1 · ★ · Tricky words and common exception words

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«oi, look at the wall again and I'm tellin' Miss you're cheatin'». Is using the word wall cheating?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, I, Miss, using · **What happens:** look, be, use, cheat · **To what, where:** tellin, cheatin, word wall

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Tricky words and common exception words» 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/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «oi, look at the wall again and I'm tellin' Miss you're cheatin'».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words:t1:1
# text = «oi, look at the wall again and I'm tellin' Miss you're cheatin'».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	oi	oi	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	tellin	tellin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	_
14	Miss	Miss	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	cheatin	cheatin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | again | at the wall | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at wall=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | tellin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Miss | cheatin |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is using the word wall cheating?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words:t1:2
# text = Is using the word wall cheating?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present · progressive |  | the word wall |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |
| 2 | **cheat** | gerund | using |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, unless the teacher is out of the room and can't see you

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words:t1:o1:1
# text = Yes, unless the teacher is out of the room and can't see you
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  | the room |  | unless the teacher | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **see** | can |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, real spellers never look at anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, real spellers never look at anything
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	spellers	speller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **look** | present | real spellers |  |  |  |  | at anything | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at anything=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No, but only Year 1 children may use it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words:t1:o3:1
# text = No, but only Year 1 children may use it
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | may | Year | it |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

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

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No, the wall is there so you check instead of guess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words:t1:o4:1
# text = No, the wall is there so you check instead of guess
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	12	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	guess	guess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | you |  |  |  |  | instead guess; check *property* | tree rules |

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