--- title: Select the word which, among "pear", "pair", "pare" and "peer", is n… — Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidde… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the word which, among "pear", "pair", "pare" and "peer", is not pronounced in the same manner as the others. Exam question 3 of lesson 57 «Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/e3/) [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: riddles, lipograms and hidde…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words Select the word which, among "pear", "pair", "pare" and "peer", is not pronounced in the same manner as the others. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, pare, not pronounce · **To what, where:** word, peer, same manner · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 57 «Olympiad: riddles, lipograms and hidden words» 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/57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e3:1 # text = Select the word which, among "pear", "pair", "pare" and "peer", is not pronounced in the same manner as the others. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 among among ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 pear pear NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 pare pare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 peer peer NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux:pass _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 pronounced pronounce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the word | | | | among pear | tree rules | | 2 | **pare** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **not** **pronounce** | present · passive | | peer | | the same manner | | as the others | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in manner=Manner | 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} Pair ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e3:o1:1 # text = Pair 1 Pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Pear ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e3:o2:1 # text = Pear 1 Pear pear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Peer ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e3:o3:1 # text = Peer 1 Peer peer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Pare ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:57-olympiad-riddles-lipograms-and-hidden-words:e3:o4:1 # text = Pare 1 Pare pare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pare** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | **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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