--- title: Your teacher swears by "i before e except after c." Which word gives… — Spelling traps: their, there, they're… · tree and pragmatics description: Your teacher swears by "i before e except after c." Which word gives her a headache? Test 6 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 --- [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/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends Your teacher swears by "i before e except after c." Which word gives her a headache? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, i, word · **What happens:** swear, e, give · **To what, where:** headache, teacher This is test 6 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t6:1 # text = Your teacher swears by "i before e except after c." Which word gives her a headache? 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swears swear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 by by SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 before before SCONJ IN _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 e e VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 9 except except ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 c. c. NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 13 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 14 det _ _ 14 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 headache headache NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swear** | present | Your teacher | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **e** *in a quote* | present | i | | | | | except c. | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | present | which word | a headache | teacher | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient headache=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} their ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t6:o1:1 # text = their 1 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} believe ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t6:o2:1 # text = believe 1 believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} receive ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t6:o3:1 # text = receive 1 receive receive VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **receive** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} field ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t6:o4:1 # text = field 1 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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