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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the letter y. Exam question 4 of lesson 4 «Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosing the spelling» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 4 · Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosing the spelling

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the letter y.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, letter y

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 4 «Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosing the spelling» 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/4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the letter y.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	y	y	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the letter y |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus y=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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It is never pronounced and serves merely to mark the end of a word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:e4:o1:1
# text = It is never pronounced and serves merely to mark the end of a word
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	pronounced	pronounce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	serves	serve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	mark	mark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pronounce** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **mark** | present |  | the end of a word |  |  |  | merely *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent end=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It functions as a vowel exclusively in words borrowed from Greek

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:e4:o2:1
# text = It functions as a vowel exclusively in words borrowed from Greek
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	functions	function	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Greek	Greek	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **function** | present | It |  |  | words |  | as a vowel; exclusively *property* | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as vowel=Attribute |
| 2 | **borrow** | participle |  | words *not said here* |  | Greek |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from greek=Source |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It functions as a consonant at the beginning of certain words and as a vowel elsewhere

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:e4:o3:1
# text = It functions as a consonant at the beginning of certain words and as a vowel elsewhere
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	functions	function	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	consonant	consonant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beginning	beginning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
16	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **function** | present | It |  |  |  | at the beginning of certain words and a vowel | as a consonant; elsewhere *property* | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as consonant=Attribute |
| 2 | **begin** |  |  | certain words and a vowel |  |  |  |  | nom beginning «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It functions invariably as a consonant in all words of the language

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:e4:o4:1
# text = It functions invariably as a consonant in all words of the language
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	functions	function	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	consonant	consonant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **function** | present | It |  |  | all words of the language |  | as a consonant; invariably *property* | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as consonant=Attribute |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | the language |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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