--- title: Which is right: "Don't ___ your keys, the ring is ___"? — Spelling traps: their, there, they're… · tree and pragmatics description: Which is right: "Don't ___ your keys, the ring is ___"? Test 7 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 right. --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends Which is right: "Don't \_\_\_ your keys, the ring is \_\_\_"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ring · **What happens:** be, not \_ · **To what, where:** keys, \_ · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t7:1 # text = Which is right: "Don't ___ your keys, the ring is ___"? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 _ _ VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 9 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 12 punct _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 keys key NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 _ _ NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **\_** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | | your keys | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the ring | \_ | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} lose, loose ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t7:o1:1 # text = lose, loose 1 lose lose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 loose lose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lose** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} loose, loose ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t7:o2:1 # text = loose, loose 1 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} lose, lose ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t7:o3:1 # text = lose, lose 1 lose lose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lose** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} loose, lose ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t7:o4:1 # text = loose, lose 1 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 lose lose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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