--- title: Identify the correct form in the sentence "The lion seized its ___." — Homophones: words that sound the same · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the correct form in the sentence "The lion seized its ___." Exam question 2 of lesson 27 «Homophones: words that sound the same» 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/27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same/e2/) [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/) / [Homophones: words that sound the same](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Homophones: words that sound the same Identify the correct form in the sentence "The lion seized its \_\_\_." **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, lion · **What happens:** identify, seize · **To what, where:** correct form, sentence · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 27 «Homophones: words that sound the same» of the language course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:e2:1 # text = Identify the correct form in the sentence "The lion seized its ___." 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct form | | the sentence | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent form=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **seize** *in a quote* | past | the lion | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} Pree ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:e2:o1:1 # text = Pree 1 Pree pree VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pree** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pray ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:e2:o2:1 # text = Pray 1 Pray pray VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Prey ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:e2:o3:1 # text = Prey 1 Prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Preigh ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:e2:o4:1 # text = Preigh 1 Preigh Preigh PROPN NNP 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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