Test 2 · ★★ · SATs: the reading paper

What would happen if you spent 40 of the 60 minutes on the first text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: happen, spend · To what, where: 40, first text

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 51 «SATs: the reading paper» of the English 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 spent	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 spent	nsubj
6	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 spent	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 minutes	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 minutes	det
10	60	60	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 minutes	nummod
11	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 40	nmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 text	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 text	det
14	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 text	amod
15	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spent	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	spend a condition, not said to happen	past	you	40 of the 60 minutes				on the first text goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent 40=Asset on text=Goal

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, because time does not matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 matter	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 matter	mark
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 matter	obl:unmarked
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 matter	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 matter	advmod
7	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support					time		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

You would be given extra time at the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 given	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 given	aux:pass
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 time	amod
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl:unmarked
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	would · passive		You			at the end; time		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at end=Asset

Option 3

The other two texts would become easier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 texts	det
2	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 texts	amod
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 texts	nummod
4	texts	text	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 become	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 become	aux
6	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	easier	easy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	would	the other two texts					easy property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Too little time would be left for the others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Too	too	ADV	_	2 little	advmod
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 time	amod
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 left	obl:unmarked
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 left	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 left	aux:pass
6	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 others	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 others	det
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	would · passive					time	for the others	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: for other=Recipient

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