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Test 3 · ★★ · SATs: the reading paper

A 3-mark question says, "Give three reasons why Sam was upset." Liam writes one long reason. What is most likely?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mark question, Sam, Liam · What happens: say, give, be, write · To what, where: three reasons, one long reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A 3-mark question says, "Give three reasons why Sam was upset."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 question	det
2	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 mark	nummod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 3	punct
4	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 question	compound
5	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Give	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Give	punct
9	Give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 says	ccomp
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 reasons	nummod
11	reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 Give	obj
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	15 upset	advmod
13	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 upset	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 upset	cop
15	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Give	advcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 Give	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a mark question						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	give in a quote	infinitive		three reasons					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	is in a quote	past	Sam					upset property	tree rules

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: Liam writes one long reason.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 writes	nsubj
2	writes	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 reason	nummod
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 writes	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 writes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	Liam	one long reason					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme

Sentence 3: What is most likely?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 likely	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 likely	cop
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 likely	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He gets two marks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 marks	nummod
4	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	He	two marks					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus

Option 2

He gets four marks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 marks	nummod
4	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	He	four marks					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus

Option 3

He gets all three marks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 marks	det
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 marks	nummod
5	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	He	all three marks					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He gets one mark at most

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gets	nsubj
2	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 mark	nummod
4	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gets	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 most	case
6	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 gets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	He	one mark		most			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent mark=Theme at most=Asset

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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