--- title: In a cartoon, a teacher says: «Double the last letter before every -… — Adding -ed and -ing: doubling and drop… · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon, a teacher says: «Double the last letter before every -ing!» Which word proves her wrong? Test 7 · ★★ 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; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e/t7/) [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/) / [Adding -ed and -ing: doubling and drop…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Adding -ed and -ing: doubling and dropping e In a cartoon, a teacher says: «Double the last letter before every -ing!» Which word proves her wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** teacher, word · **What happens:** say, double, prove · **To what, where:** cartoon, last letter, wrong · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a teacher says: «Double the last letter before every -ing!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e:t7:1 # text = In a cartoon, a teacher says: «Double the last letter before every -ing!» 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Double double VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 before before ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ing ing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a teacher | | | a cartoon | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **double** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the last letter | | | before every ing | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent letter=Patient | 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:* Which word proves her wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e:t7:2 # text = Which word proves her wrong? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | which word | word's wrong | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wrong=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} swimming ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e:t7:o1:1 # text = swimming 1 swimming swimming NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} running ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e:t7:o2:1 # text = running 1 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} gardening ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e:t7:o3:1 # text = gardening 1 gardening gardening NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} sitting ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e:t7:o4:1 # text = sitting 1 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «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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