Exam question 2 · Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check
It is given that a pupil in Year 1 does not attain the expected standard in the phonics screening check. Ascertain the consequence.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, not attain, expect, ascertain · To what, where: It, expected standard, screening check, consequence
This is exam question 2 of lesson 2 «Blending, segmenting and the Year 1 check» of the English 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.
The question
Sentence 1: It is given that a pupil in Year 1 does not attain the expected standard in the phonics screening check.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 attain | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pupil | det |
| 6 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 attain | nsubj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Year | case |
| 8 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 pupil | nmod |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 Year | flat |
| 10 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 attain | aux |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 attain | advmod |
| 12 | attain | attain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 given | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 standard | det |
| 14 | expected | expect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 standard | amod |
| 15 | standard | standard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 attain | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 check | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 check | det |
| 18 | phonics | phonics | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 screening | compound |
| 19 | screening | screening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 check | compound |
| 20 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 attain | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not attain | present · do-support | a pupil in Year | the expected standard | the screening check | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent standard=Theme | |||
| 3 | expect | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: 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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the consequence.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 consequence | det |
| 3 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the consequence | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
The options
Option 1
The pupil is permanently excluded from instruction in reading
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 excluded | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 excluded | aux:pass |
| 4 | permanently | permanently | ADV | _ | 5 excluded | advmod |
| 5 | excluded | exclude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 instruction | case |
| 7 | instruction | instruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 excluded | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 reading | case |
| 9 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 excluded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exclude | present · passive | the pupil | instruction | in reading; permanently property | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from instruction=Eventuality |
Option 2
No further action is taken in respect of the pupil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 action | det |
| 2 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 action | amod |
| 3 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 taken | aux:pass |
| 5 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 respect | case |
| 7 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taken | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 pupil | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 pupil | det |
| 10 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 respect | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present · passive | no further action | respect of the pupil | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in respect=Location | ||||
| 2 | respect | the pupil | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The pupil receives further support and undertakes the check again in Year 2
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 receives | nsubj |
| 3 | receives | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | further | far | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 receives | advmod |
| 5 | support | support | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 receives | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 undertakes | cc |
| 7 | undertakes | undertake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 receives | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 check | det |
| 9 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 undertakes | obj |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 undertakes | advmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 Year | case |
| 12 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 undertakes | obl |
| 13 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 Year | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | present | the pupil | support | far property | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent support=Theme | |||
| 2 | undertake | present | the pupil not said here | the check | in Year; again | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent check=Eventuality |
Option 4
The pupil must repeat the entire year without exception
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pupil | det |
| 2 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 repeat | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 repeat | aux |
| 4 | repeat | repeat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 year | det |
| 6 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 year | amod |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 repeat | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | without | without | ADP | _ | 9 exception | case |
| 9 | exception | exception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 repeat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repeat | must | the pupil | year | without exception | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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