--- title: Which memory hook helps with "heard"? — Homophones: words that sound the same · tree and pragmatics description: Which memory hook helps with "heard"? Test 10 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/t10/) [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/) / t10 # Test 10 · Homophones: words that sound the same Which memory hook helps with "heard"? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** memory hook · **What happens:** help This is test 10 of lesson 27 «Homophones: words that sound the same» 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/27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:t10:1 # text = Which memory hook helps with "heard"? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 heard heard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | memory hook | | | | | with heard | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with heard=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 {#o1} Heard has "earth" in it ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:t10:o1:1 # text = Heard has "earth" in it 1 Heard Heard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Heard | earth | | earth | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent earth=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Herd has an "h" for hearing ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:t10:o2:1 # text = Herd has an "h" for hearing 1 Herd herd NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 h H NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 hearing hearing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | Herd | a h | | | | for hearing | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent h=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Heard rhymes with bird, and birds sing so you hear them ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:t10:o3:1 # text = Heard rhymes with bird, and birds sing so you hear them 1 Heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 amod _ _ 2 rhymes rhyme NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 8 sing sing VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | participle | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | Heard rhymes with bird and birds | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | present | you | rhymes *= rhyme* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} You hear with your ear, and heard has "ear" in it ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:t10:o4:1 # text = You hear with your ear, and heard has "ear" in it 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hear hear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present | You | | | | | with your ear | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **hear** | past | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **have** | present | | ear | | ear | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient | **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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