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title: In a cartoon, a pirate's map says "The tresure is over they're." Fix… — Spelling traps: their, there, they're… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a pirate's map says "The tresure is over they're." Fix the last words. Test 9 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 
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# Test 9 · Spelling traps: their, there, they're and friends

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In a cartoon, a pirate's map says "The tresure is over they're." Fix the last words.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** map, you · **What happens:** say, fix · **To what, where:** cartoon, last words · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a pirate's map says "The tresure is over they're."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t9:1
# text = In a cartoon, a pirate's map says "The tresure is over they're."
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pirate	pirate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tresure	tresure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	ccomp	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a pirate's map |  |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Manner |

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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:* Fix the last words.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t9:2
# text = Fix the last words.
1	Fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | imperative | you *not said here* | the last words |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent word=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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over their

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t9:o1:1
# text = over their
1	over	over	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
over thier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t9:o2:1
# text = over thier
1	over	over	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	thier	thy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
over they'r

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t9:o3:1
# text = over they'r
1	over	over	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	they'r	they'r	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
over there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:12-spelling-traps-their-there-theyre:t9:o4:1
# text = over there
1	over	over	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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