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title: ★★★ "The horses' stables" and "the horse's stables". In which do the… — Apostrophes: missing letters and belon… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ "The horses' stables" and "the horse's stables". In which do the stables belong to more than one horse? Test 11 of lesson 34 «Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 11 · Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging

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★★★ "The horses' stables" and "the horse's stables". In which do the stables belong to more than one horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stables · **What happens:** belong

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This is test 11 of lesson 34 «Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging» 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/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ "The horses' stables" and "the horse's stables".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t11:1
# text = ★★★ "The horses' stables" and "the horse's stables".
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	'	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* In which do the stables belong to more than one horse?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t11:2
# text = In which do the stables belong to more than one horse?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	10	advmod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present · do-support | the stables |  |  |  |  | to one horse | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The horse's stables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t11:o1:1
# text = The horse's stables
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The horses' stables

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t11:o2:1
# text = The horses' stables
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	stables	stable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t11:o3:1
# text = Both of them
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t11:o4:1
# text = Neither of them
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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