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title: ★★★ In «the wind blew the bread off the table», one word has the vow… — Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosi… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ In «the wind blew the bread off the table», one word has the vowel sound of «true» and one the vowel sound of «head». Which pair is it? Test 12 · ★ 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 pra
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# Test 12 · ★ · Vowel teams, split digraphs and choosing the spelling

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★★★ In «the wind blew the bread off the table», one word has the vowel sound of «true» and one the vowel sound of «head». Which pair is it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, one word · **What happens:** blow, have, be · **To what, where:** bread, vowel sound, pair

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ In «the wind blew the bread off the table», one word has the vowel sound of «true» and one the vowel sound of «head».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:t12:1
# text = ★★★ In «the wind blew the bread off the table», one word has the vowel sound of «true» and one the vowel sound of «head».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	In	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
27	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	30	nummod	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** *in a quote* | past | ★ ★ ★ in the wind | the bread |  |  |  | off the table | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent bread=Patient off table=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | one word | the vowel sound of true and the one vowel sound of head |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient |

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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 pair is it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:t12:2
# text = Which pair is it?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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wind and blew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:t12:o1:1
# text = wind and blew
1	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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

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blew and bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:t12:o2:1
# text = blew and bread
1	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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bread and table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:t12:o3:1
# text = bread and table
1	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the and blew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:4-vowel-teams-split-digraphs-and-choosing-the-spelling:t12:o4:1
# text = the and blew
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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