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title: Dad, bit snappy: "It's not 'your welcome', it's 'you're welcome', ge… — Apostrophes: missing letters and belon… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, bit snappy: "It's not 'your welcome', it's 'you're welcome', get it right." Why is Dad right? Test 6 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 choic
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# Test 6 · Apostrophes: missing letters and belonging

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Dad, bit snappy: "It's not 'your welcome', it's 'you're welcome', get it right." Why is Dad right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bit, your, Dad · **What happens:** not be, get, welcome, be · **To what, where:** welcome

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, bit snappy: "It's not 'your welcome', it's 'you're welcome', get it right."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t6:1
# text = Dad, bit snappy: "It's not 'your welcome', it's 'you're welcome', get it right."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	snappy	snappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
10	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	welcome	welcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj:outer	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	',	',	PART	POS	_	12	dep	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
16	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	welcome	welcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	',	',	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | bit |  |  |  |  | welcome *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive | bit *not said here* | welcome |  |  |  | right *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
| 3 | **welcome** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom welcome «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 is Dad right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t6:2
# text = Why is Dad right?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dad |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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"Welcome" needs an apostrophe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t6:o1:1
# text = "Welcome" needs an apostrophe
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Welcome	welcome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	apostrophe	apostrophe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Welcome | a apostrophe |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot apostrophe=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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"Your" is always a rude word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t6:o2:1
# text = "Your" is always a rude word
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Your rude word |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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"You're" shows belonging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t6:o3:1
# text = "You're" shows belonging
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	belonging	belonging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present |  | belonging |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent belonging=Recipient |

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

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"You're" stands for "you are"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:34-apostrophes-missing-letters-and-belonging:t6:o4:1
# text = "You're" stands for "you are"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | You |  |  |  |  | stand *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **does** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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