--- title: Why is it good to review spelling words again a few days after learn… — Learning a skill, and coins and notes · tree and pragmatics description: Why is it good to review spelling words again a few days after learning them? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/260-learning-skills-and-coins/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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Learning a skill, and coins and notes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/260-learning-skills-and-coins/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★ · Learning a skill, and coins and notes Why is it good to review spelling words again a few days after learning them? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, review, learn · **To what, where:** spelling words, words This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» of the everyday 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/everyday/260-learning-skills-and-coins/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t7:1 # text = Why is it good to review spelling words again a few days after learning them? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 review review VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 csubj _ _ 7 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 after after SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 learning learn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **review** | to-infinitive | | spelling words | | | again; day | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 3 | **learn** | gerund | | words *= word* | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | 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 {#o1} It makes the words harder to forget for others ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t7:o1:1 # text = It makes the words harder to forget for others 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the words | | | | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material word=Product | | 2 | **forget** | to-infinitive | the words *not said here* | | | | | for others | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Reviewing at intervals helps memories last ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t7:o2:1 # text = Reviewing at intervals helps memories last 1 Reviewing review VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 intervals interval NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 memories memory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 6 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **review** | gerund | | | | intervals | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **help** | present | Reviewing | memories | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent memory=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 3 | **last** | infinitive | memories *not said here* | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Words change their spelling after a week ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t7:o3:1 # text = Words change their spelling after a week 1 Words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 change change VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 spelling spelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | present | Words | Words's spelling | | | week | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spelling=Patient | | 2 | **spell** | | Words *= word* | | | | | | nom spelling «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is only to please the teacher ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:260-learning-skills-and-coins:t7:o4:1 # text = It is only to please the teacher 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | please *property* | tree rules | **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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