--- title: ★★★ Which pair is a weak verb + adverb and the strong verb that repl… — Describing: senses, showing and precis… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Which pair is a weak verb + adverb and the strong verb that replaces it? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise words» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t6/) [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/) / [Describing: senses, showing and precis…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Describing: senses, showing and precise words ★★★ Which pair is a weak verb + adverb and the strong verb that replaces it? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, strong verb · **What happens:** be, replace · **To what, where:** weak verb, ★ This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise words» 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/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t6:1 # text = ★★★ Which pair is a weak verb + adverb and the strong verb that replaces it? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 5 det _ _ 5 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 10 + + SYM SYM _ 11 cc _ _ 11 adverb adverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 verb verb NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 replaces replace VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | ★ ★ ★ which pair | a weak verb + adverb and the strong verb | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **replace** | present | the strong verb | ★ | | | | | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | 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 {#o1} said quietly / shouted ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t6:o1:1 # text = said quietly / shouted 1 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 / / SYM SYM _ 4 cc _ _ 4 shouted shout VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | quietly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | participle | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} ran quickly / walked ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t6:o2:1 # text = ran quickly / walked 1 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 / / SYM , _ 4 cc _ _ 4 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | | | | | | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | past | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} looked angrily / smiled ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t6:o3:1 # text = looked angrily / smiled 1 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 angrily angrily ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 / / SYM , _ 4 cc _ _ 4 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | | | | | | angrily *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **smile** | past | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} ate greedily / gobbled ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t6:o4:1 # text = ate greedily / gobbled 1 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 greedily greedily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 3 / / SYM , _ 4 cc _ _ 4 gobbled gobble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | | | | | | greedily *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gobble** | participle | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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