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title: «fixin' to write stoped, looks kinda funny». Why does it look funny? — Adding -ed and -ing: doubling and drop… · tree and pragmatics
description: «fixin' to write stoped, looks kinda funny». Why does it look funny? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Adding -ed and -ing: doubling and dropping e» 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.
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Adding -ed and -ing: doubling and dropping e

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«fixin' to write stoped, looks kinda funny». Why does it look funny?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fixin · **What happens:** write, stope, look

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 7 «Adding -ed and -ing: doubling and dropping e» 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/7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «fixin' to write stoped, looks kinda funny».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e:t2:1
# text = «fixin' to write stoped, looks kinda funny».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	fixin	fixin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
6	stoped	stope	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | fixin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stope** *in a quote* | participle | fixin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** *in a quote* | present | fixin |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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:* Why does it look funny?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e:t2:2
# text = Why does it look funny?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · do-support | fixin |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It should be «stopt», the old Texas way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e:t2:o1:1
# text = It should be «stopt», the old Texas way
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	stopt	stopt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | should | It | stopt and the old Texas way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It looks funny but «stoped» is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e:t2:o2:1
# text = It looks funny but «stoped» is right
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	stoped	stope	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	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 | **look** | present | It |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **stope** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It looks funny because «stop» has no past tense

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e:t2:o3:1
# text = It looks funny because «stop» has no past tense
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	funny	funny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
10	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	tense	tense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | It |  |  |  |  | funny *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **stop** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **have** | present |  | no past tense |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tense=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Short vowel, one final consonant: double it to «stopped»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e:t2:o4:1
# text = Short vowel, one final consonant: double it to «stopped»
1	Short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	vowel	vowel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	consonant	consonant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	double	double	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	appos	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** | infinitive |  | consonant |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **stop** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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**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.

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