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title: «proper job, my lover! now read: the ___ was on the farm, cow or sno… — Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosi… · tree and pragmatics
description: «proper job, my lover! now read: the ___ was on the farm, cow or snow?». Which fits and why? Test 1 · ★ 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
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# Test 1 · ★ · Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosing the spelling

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«proper job, my lover! now read: the \_\_\_ was on the farm, cow or snow?». Which fits and why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** proper job · **What happens:** read, be, fit · **To what, where:** farm

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 4 «Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosing the spelling» 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/4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «proper job, my lover! now read: the \_\_\_ was on the farm, cow or snow?».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:t1:1
# text = «proper job, my lover! now read: the ___ was on the farm, cow or snow?».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	lover	lover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	18	punct	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
21	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** *in a quote* | infinitive | proper job and my lover |  |  |  | now |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  | the farm |  |  | 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:* Which fits and why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:t1:2
# text = Which fits and why?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cow, because ow always says /ow/

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:t1:o1:1
# text = Cow, because ow always says /ow/
1	Cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	ow	ow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	/	/	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	ow	ow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	/	/	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ow | ow |  |  |  | always *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ow=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Cow, because a cow fits a farm sentence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:t1:o2:1
# text = Cow, because a cow fits a farm sentence
1	Cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cow	cow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | Cow | a farm sentence |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Both fit the farm, so either answer is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:t1:o3:1
# text = Both fit the farm, so either answer is right
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | Both | the farm |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | either answer |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Snow, because ow always says /oa/

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:t1:o4:1
# text = Snow, because ow always says /oa/
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	ow	ow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	/	/	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	oa	oa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	/	/	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Snow | oa |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent oa=Topic |

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