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title: Your mate writes "definatly" and insists "it's lowkey impossible to… — Spelling traps: their, there, they're… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate writes "definatly" and insists "it's lowkey impossible to spell." ("Lowkey" means kind of.) What's the tip? Test 11 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 
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# Test 11 · Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends

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Your mate writes "definatly" and insists "it's lowkey impossible to spell." ("Lowkey" means kind of.) What's the tip?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, Lowkey, tip · **What happens:** write, insist, be, spell, mean · **To what, where:** kind · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate writes "definatly" and insists "it's lowkey impossible to spell."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t11:1
# text = Your mate writes "definatly" and insists "it's lowkey impossible to spell."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	definatly	definatly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	insists	insist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	impossible	impossible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	spell	spell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  | definatly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **insist** *speech: other* | present | Your mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | impossible *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **spell** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* ("Lowkey" means kind of.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t11:2
# text = ("Lowkey" means kind of.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Lowkey | kind |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kind=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the tip?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t11:3
# text = What's the tip?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tip	tip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the tip |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Just write "def"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t11:o1:1
# text = Just write "def"
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	def	definitely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | definitely *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Add more a's until it looks right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t11:o2:1
# text = Add more a's until it looks right
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	obj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | more |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient |
| 2 | **look** | present | it |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Find "finite" inside definitely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t11:o3:1
# text = Find "finite" inside definitely
1	Find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	finite	finite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	definitely	definitely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | finite |  |  |  | definitely, inside *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finite=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Spell it with an i before e

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t11:o4:1
# text = Spell it with an i before e
1	Spell	spell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	i	i	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	e	e	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | before e | with a i | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent it=Theme with i=Manner |

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