--- title: A sign says "Dog's must be on there leads." How many mistakes? — Spelling traps: their, there, they're… · tree and pragmatics description: A sign says "Dog's must be on there leads." How many mistakes? Test 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 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/t4/) [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/) / t4 # Test 4 · Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends A sign says "Dog's must be on there leads." How many mistakes? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sign · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** leads · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A sign says "Dog's must be on there leads." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t4:1 # text = A sign says "Dog's must be on there leads." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 there their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Typo=Yes 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 leads lead NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a sign | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | must | | | | Dog's leads | | | tree rules | 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:* How many mistakes? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t4:2 # text = How many mistakes? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 mistakes mistake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} One: there ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t4:o1:1 # text = One: there 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Two: Dog's and there ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t4:o2:1 # text = Two: Dog's and there 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 3 Dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} None, it's correct ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t4:o3:1 # text = None, it's correct 1 None none PRON NN PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | None | | | | | correct *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Three: Dog's, must, there ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t4:o4:1 # text = Three: Dog's, must, there 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 Dog Dog PROPN NNP _ 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 6 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ ``` 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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