--- title: What would happen if you wrote "We were here" as "We're here"? — Apostrophes: missing letters and belon… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if you wrote "We were here" as "We're here"? Test 5 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; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Apostrophes: missing letters and belon…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging/) / t5 # Test 5 · Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging What would happen if you wrote "We were here" as "We're here"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, We · **What happens:** happen, write, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t5:1 # text = What would happen if you wrote "We were here" as "We're here"? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **write** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | We | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | We | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | 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} It would change from the past to the present ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t5:o1:1 # text = It would change from the past to the present 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 past past NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | It | | | the past | | to the present *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent from past=Initial\_State to present=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} It would show belonging ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t5:o2:1 # text = It would show belonging 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 belonging belonging NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | would | It | belonging | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent belonging=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would become a question ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t5:o3:1 # text = It would become a question 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | It | a question | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing at all, the meaning stays exactly the same ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t5:o4:1 # text = Nothing at all, the meaning stays exactly the same 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stays stay VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | present | Nothing | | | | | same *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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