Exam question 2 · SATs: the reading paper
It is given that a question instructs candidates to "find and copy one word". Determine the most appropriate response.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: question, you · What happens: give, instruct, find, copy, determine · To what, where: It, candidates, one word, appropriate response · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 of lesson 51 «SATs: the reading paper» 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 question instructs candidates to "find and copy one word".
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 | _ | 7 instructs | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 question | det |
| 6 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 instructs | nsubj |
| 7 | instructs | instruct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | candidates | candidate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 instructs | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 find | mark |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 find | punct |
| 11 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 instructs | xcomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 copy | cc |
| 13 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 find | conj |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 word | nummod |
| 15 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 copy | obj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 word | punct |
| 17 | . | . | 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 | instruct speech: other | present | a question | candidates | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent candidate=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | find in a quote | to-infinitive | a question not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | copy in a quote | infinitive | a question not said here | one word | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=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.
Sentence 2: Determine the most appropriate response.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 response | det |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 appropriate | advmod |
| 4 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 response | amod |
| 5 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the appropriate response | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Copy the entire relevant sentence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copy | copy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sentence | det |
| 3 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sentence | amod |
| 4 | relevant | relevant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sentence | amod |
| 5 | sentence | sentence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Copy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | imperative | you not said here | the entire relevant sentence | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme |
Option 2
Paraphrase the passage at length
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraphrase | paraphrase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 passage | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 passage | det |
| 3 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 length | case |
| 5 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 passage | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Copy exactly one word from the text
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copy | copy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 3 one | advmod |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 word | nummod |
| 4 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Copy | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 text | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 text | det |
| 7 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Copy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | imperative | you not said here | one word | the text | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
Option 4
Supply a word of one's own choosing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Supply | supply | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 word | det |
| 3 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Supply | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 own | case |
| 5 | one | one | PRON | Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 own | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 one | case |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 word | nmod |
| 8 | choosing | choose | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Supply | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | supply | imperative | you not said here | a word of one's own | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | choose | gerund | you not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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