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title: In a cartoon a knight rides at night, and the speech bubble says "Go… — Homophones: words that sound the same · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon a knight rides at night, and the speech bubble says "Good nite, Sir Night!" What's wrong? Test 7 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 choic
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# Test 7 · Homophones: words that sound the same

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In a cartoon a knight rides at night, and the speech bubble says "Good nite, Sir Night!" What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** knight, speech bubble · **What happens:** ride, say, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, Good nite · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon a knight rides at night, and the speech bubble says "Good nite, Sir Night!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:t7:1
# text = In a cartoon a knight rides at night, and the speech bubble says "Good nite, Sir Night!"
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	bubble	bubble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	nite	nite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | a knight |  |  | a cartoon | night |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the speech bubble | Good nite |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nite=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:t7:2
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Knights can't ride at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:t7:o1:1
# text = Knights can't ride at night
1	Knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **ride** | can | Knights |  |  |  | night |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The knight's title should be spelled "Knight"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:t7:o2:1
# text = The knight's title should be spelled "Knight"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | should · passive |  | the knight's title |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme knight=Manner |
| 2 | **title** |  | the knight |  |  |  |  |  | nom title «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, it's all spelled correctly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:t7:o3:1
# text = Nothing, it's all spelled correctly
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | present · passive |  | Nothing |  |  |  | all, correctly *property* | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"Sir" should be "Sur"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:27-homophones-words-that-sound-the-same:t7:o4:1
# text = "Sir" should be "Sur"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sir	Sir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:desc	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Sur	Sur	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | should |  | Sur |  |  |  | Sir *nmod:desc* | tree rules |

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