--- title: A Scottish gran says "It's dreich, the loch's all grey." What sound… — Silent letters and the mystery of -ough · tree and pragmatics description: A Scottish gran says "It's dreich, the loch's all grey." What sound does "ch" in loch make? 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What sound does "ch" in loch make? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Scottish gran, gran, loch, sound · **What happens:** say, be, do, make · **To what, where:** dreich, ch, loch · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 of lesson 13 «Silent letters and the mystery of -ough» 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/13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Scottish gran says "It's dreich, the loch's all grey." ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough:t2:1 # text = A Scottish gran says "It's dreich, the loch's all grey." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Scottish Scottish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 gran gran NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 dreich dreich NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 loch loch NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Scottish gran | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | gran | dreich | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | | the loch | | | | | | 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:* What sound does "ch" in loch make? ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough:t2:2 # text = What sound does "ch" in loch make? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ch ch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 loch loch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | what sound | ch | | loch | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ch=Eventuality | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | what sound *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A k sound, just like in the word "lock" ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough:t2:o1:1 # text = A k sound, just like in the word "lock" 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 k k ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 lock lock NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A sh sound, like "losh" ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough:t2:o2:1 # text = A sh sound, like "losh" 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sh sh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 losh losh NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} No sound at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough:t2:o3:1 # text = No sound at all 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A throaty sound, like old English gh ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough:t2:o4:1 # text = A throaty sound, like old English gh 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 throaty throaty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 gh gh NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` 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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