--- title: Ascertain which word denotes writing materials such as paper and env… — Homophones: words that sound the same · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain which word denotes writing materials such as paper and envelopes. Exam question 4 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 right. --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Homophones: words that sound the same Ascertain which word denotes writing materials such as paper and envelopes. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, word · **What happens:** ascertain, denote, write · **To what, where:** materials This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:e4:1 # text = Ascertain which word denotes writing materials such as paper and envelopes. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 denotes denote VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 writing write VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 materials material NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 7 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 9 case _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 envelopes envelope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **denote** | present | which word | | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic | | 3 | **write** | gerund | which word *not said here* | materials | | | | such paper and envelopes | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent material=Theme | 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} Stationery ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:e4:o1:1 # text = Stationery 1 Stationery stationery NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Stationary ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:e4:o2:1 # text = Stationary 1 Stationary stationary NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Statutory ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:e4:o3:1 # text = Statutory 1 Statutory Statutory PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Stationed ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:e4:o4:1 # text = Stationed 1 Stationed station VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **station** | participle | | | | | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent | **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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