--- title: Grandad says "I never know weather to wear a coat." Fix one word. — Spelling traps: their, there, they're… · tree and pragmatics description: Grandad says "I never know weather to wear a coat." Fix one word. Test 10 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 wrong. --- [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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends Grandad says "I never know weather to wear a coat." Fix one word. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, you · **What happens:** say, not know, wear, fix · **To what, where:** weather, coat, one word · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 of lesson 12 «Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends» of the language 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/language/12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandad says "I never know weather to wear a coat." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t10:1 # text = Grandad says "I never know weather to wear a coat." 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 coat coat NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Grandad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present | Grandad | weather | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wear** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Grandad *not said here* | a coat | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme | 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:* Fix one word. ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t10:2 # text = Fix one word. 1 Fix fix VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | imperative | you *not said here* | one word | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent word=Patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} weathers ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t10:o1:1 # text = weathers 1 weathers weather NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} whether ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t10:o2:1 # text = whether 1 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} wether ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t10:o3:1 # text = wether 1 wether wether INTJ UH _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} weather's ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t10:o4:1 # text = weather's 1 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ ``` 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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