--- title: Ascertain the correctly spelled form of the word meaning "with certa… — Spelling traps: their, there, they're… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the correctly spelled form of the word meaning "with certainty". Exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/e4/) [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/) / [Language](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/) / [Spelling traps: their, there, they're…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends Ascertain the correctly spelled form of the word meaning "with certainty". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, word · **What happens:** ascertain, spell, mean, form · **To what, where:** spelled form, certainty, word This is exam question 4 of lesson 12 «Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends» of the language 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/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the correctly spelled form of the word meaning "with certainty". 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 correctly correctly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 spelled spell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 meaning mean VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 certainty certainty NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the spelled form of the word | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Topic | | 2 | **spell** | participle | | | | | | correctly *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **mean** | gerund | the word *not said here* | certainty | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent certainty=Topic | | 4 | **form** | | | the word | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} defiantly ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:e4:o1:1 # text = defiantly 1 defiantly defiantly ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} definitely ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:e4:o2:1 # text = definitely 1 definitely definitely ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} definately ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:e4:o3:1 # text = definately 1 definately definitely ADV RB Typo=Yes 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} definatly ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:e4:o4:1 # text = definatly 1 definatly definatly ADV RB _ 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. 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