--- title: Ascertain the correctly formulated sentence in formal written English. — Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the correctly formulated sentence in formal written English. Exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who» 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/5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who/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/) / [Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/language/5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who Ascertain the correctly formulated sentence in formal written English. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, formulate, write · **To what, where:** formulated sentence, formal written English This is exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Pronouns: I, me, you, they and who» 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/5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the correctly formulated sentence in formal written English. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 correctly correctly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 formulated formulate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 formal formal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 English English PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the formulated sentence | | formal written English | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Topic | | 2 | **formulate** | participle | | | | | | correctly *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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} My mother gave sweets to I and Ben ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e2:o1:1 # text = My mother gave sweets to I and Ben 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | My mother | sweets | I | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme to i=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} My mother gave sweets to Ben and I ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e2:o2:1 # text = My mother gave sweets to Ben and I 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | My mother | sweets | Ben | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme to ben=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} My mother gave sweets to Ben and myself ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e2:o3:1 # text = My mother gave sweets to Ben and myself 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | My mother | sweets | Ben | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme to ben=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} My mother gave sweets to Ben and me ```conllu # sent_id = question:language:5-pronouns-i-me-you-they-and-who:e2:o4:1 # text = My mother gave sweets to Ben and me 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | My mother | sweets | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient sweet=Theme | **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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