--- title: A boomer grandad from Cornwall, proper gurt keen on puzzles ("gurt"… — Silent letters and the mystery of -ough · tree and pragmatics description: A boomer grandad from Cornwall, proper gurt keen on puzzles ("gurt" means very), asks: how many of "knee, wrist, lamb, water, bough" have a silent letter? 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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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough:t9:1 # text = A boomer grandad from Cornwall, proper gurt keen on puzzles ("gurt" means very), asks: how many of "knee, wrist, lamb, water, bough" have a silent letter? 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 boomer boomer NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 grandad grandad NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Cornwall Cornwall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 gurt gurt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 keen keen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 puzzles puzzle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 12 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 gurt gurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 16 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 20 asks ask VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 22 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 23 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 " " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 wrist wrist NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 bough bough NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 " " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 36 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 silent silent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | gurt | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a boomer grandad from Cornwall and proper gurt keen on puzzles | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | present | many of knee and wrist and lamb and water and bough | a silent letter | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient | 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} Four: knee, wrist, lamb, bough ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough:t9:o1:1 # text = Four: knee, wrist, lamb, bough 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 3 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 wrist wrist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bough bough NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Three: knee, wrist, lamb ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough:t9:o2:1 # text = Three: knee, wrist, lamb 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 3 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 wrist wrist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Five: all of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough:t9:o3:1 # text = Five: all of them 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 advmod _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Two: knee and lamb ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:13-silent-letters-and-the-mystery-of-ough:t9:o4:1 # text = Two: knee and lamb 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 3 knee knee NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 lamb lamb NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` 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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