--- title: Your dad, typing fast, writes "I'll pick u up at too." What did he m… — Spelling traps: their, there, they're… · tree and pragmatics description: Your dad, typing fast, writes "I'll pick u up at too." What did he mean? Test 8 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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends Your dad, typing fast, writes "I'll pick u up at too." What did he mean? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, I · **What happens:** type, write, pick up, mean · **To what, where:** u · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your dad, typing fast, writes "I'll pick u up at too." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t8:1 # text = Your dad, typing fast, writes "I'll pick u up at too." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 typing type VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 writes write VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 12 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 too too ADV RB _ 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **type** | gerund | Your dad *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **write** | present | Your dad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **pick up** *in a quote* | future | I | u | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic | 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:* What did he mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t8:2 # text = What did he mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past · do-support | dad | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Very much ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t8:o1:1 # text = Very much 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 much much ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Towards you ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t8:o2:1 # text = Towards you 1 Towards towards ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Also ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t8:o3:1 # text = Also 1 Also also ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} At two o'clock ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t8:o4:1 # text = At two o'clock 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 o'clock o'clock 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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