--- title: Priyanka's dad, from Bangalore: "Do the needful, beta, spell accommo… — Olympiad: the Spelling Bee · tree and pragmatics description: Priyanka's dad, from Bangalore: "Do the needful, beta, spell accommodate." ("Do the needful" means do what is needed; "beta" is a fond word for a child.) Which spelling is right? Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 55 «Olympiad: the Spelling Bee» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee/t4/) [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/) / [Olympiad: the Spelling Bee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★★ · Olympiad: the Spelling Bee Priyanka's dad, from Bangalore: "Do the needful, beta, spell accommodate." ("Do the needful" means do what is needed; "beta" is a fond word for a child.) Which spelling is right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dad, beta, spelling · **What happens:** do, accommodate, mean, need, be · **To what, where:** needful, fond word · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 55 «Olympiad: the Spelling Bee» 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/55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Priyanka's dad, from Bangalore: "Do the needful, beta, spell accommodate." ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t4:1 # text = Priyanka's dad, from Bangalore: "Do the needful, beta, spell accommodate." 1 Priyanka Priyanka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Bangalore Bangalore PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 needful needful NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 beta beta NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 accommodate accommodate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | Priyanka's dad *not said here* | the needful and beta | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality | | 2 | **accommodate** *in a quote* | infinitive | Priyanka's dad | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* ("Do the needful" means do what is needed; "beta" is a fond word for a child.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t4:2 # text = ("Do the needful" means do what is needed; "beta" is a fond word for a child.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 needful needful NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 7 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 beta beta NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the needful | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needful=Eventuality | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **need** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | present | beta | a fond word | | | | for a child | tree rules | *Sentence 3:* Which spelling is right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t4:3 # text = Which spelling is right? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | which spelling | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} accommodate ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t4:o1:1 # text = accommodate 1 accommodate accommodate VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accommodate** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} acomodate ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t4:o2:1 # text = acomodate 1 acomodate acomodate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} acommodate ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t4:o3:1 # text = acommodate 1 acommodate acommodate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} accomodate ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee:t4:o4:1 # text = accomodate 1 accomodate accomodate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Olympiad: the Spelling Bee, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee/t3/) - next →: [Olympiad: the Spelling Bee, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee/t5/) - ↑ back to [Olympiad: the Spelling Bee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/55-olympiad-the-spelling-bee/)