Test 5 · ★★ · SATs: the reading paper
A cartoon says SATs decide whether you are allowed into secondary school. Fix it.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, SATs, you · What happens: say, decide, allow, fix · To what, where: you, secondary school, school · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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 cartoon says SATs decide whether you are allowed into secondary school.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | SATs | sat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 decide | nsubj |
| 5 | decide | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 9 allowed | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 allowed | aux:pass |
| 9 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 decide | ccomp |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 school | case |
| 11 | secondary | secondary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 school | amod |
| 12 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 allowed | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a cartoon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | decide | present | SATs | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | allow | present · passive | you | secondary school | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
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: Fix it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Fix | obj |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | imperative | you not said here | school | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
The options
Option 1
SATs decide which of the sports teams you may join
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SATs | sat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 decide | nsubj |
| 2 | decide | decide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 teams | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 teams | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 teams | det |
| 6 | sports | sport | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 teams | compound |
| 7 | teams | team | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 decide | obj |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 join | nsubj |
| 9 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 join | aux |
| 10 | join | join | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 teams | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | present | SATs | the sports teams | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent team=Topic | ||||
| 2 | join | may | you | the sports teams not said here | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient |
Option 2
Fail and you stay in Year 6 for another year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fail | fail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 you | cc |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 1 Fail | conj |
| 4 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Year | case |
| 6 | Year | Year | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 stay | obl |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 Year | flat |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 year | case |
| 9 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 year | det |
| 10 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | Fail | in Year; year | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in year=Location |
Option 3
Only children with full marks get a place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 children | advmod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 marks | case |
| 4 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 marks | amod |
| 5 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 children | nmod |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 place | det |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | children with full marks | a place | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Everyone moves up; SATs mostly measure progress
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 moves | nsubj |
| 2 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 moves | compound:prt |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 measure | punct |
| 5 | SATs | sat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 measure | nsubj |
| 6 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 7 measure | advmod |
| 7 | measure | measure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 moves | parataxis |
| 8 | progress | progress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 measure | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move up | present | Everyone | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | measure | present | SATs | progress | mostly property | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme progress=Value |
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