Test 7 · ★★ · SATs: the reading paper The text says, "Amira's hands shook as she knocked." The question: "How did Amira feel? Give evidence." What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: text, hands, Amira, you, best answer · What happens: say, shake, knock, feel, give, be · To what, where: evidence · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: The text says, "Amira's hands shook as she knocked."
det nsubj punct punct nmod:poss case nsubj conj mark nsubj advcl punct punct root The DET text NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Amira PROPN 's PART hands NOUN shook VERB as SCONJ she PRON knocked VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 text det 2 text text NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 shook punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 9 shook punct 6 Amira Amira PROPN Number=Sing 8 hands nmod:poss 7 's 's PART _ 6 Amira case 8 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 9 shook nsubj 9 shook shake VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 says conj 10 as as SCONJ _ 12 knocked mark 11 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 knocked nsubj 12 knocked knock VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 shook advcl 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present the text vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 shake in a quote past Amira's hands vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient 3 knock in a quote past text vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
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: The question: "How did Amira feel?
det punct punct advmod aux nsubj appos punct root The DET question NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT How ADV did AUX Amira PROPN feel VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 question det 2 question question NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 : : PUNCT _ 8 feel punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 8 feel punct 5 How how ADV PronType=Int 8 feel advmod 6 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 feel aux 7 Amira Amira PROPN Number=Sing 8 feel nsubj 8 feel feel VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 question appos 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 question punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 feel in a quote past · do-support Amira vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Sentence 3: Give evidence."
obj punct punct root Give VERB evidence NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Give give VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 evidence evidence NOUN Number=Sing 1 Give obj 3 . . PUNCT _ 1 Give punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 1 Give punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give imperative you not said here evidence vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Theme
Sentence 4: What is the best answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET best ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 answer det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 answer amod 5 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the best answer tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Sleepy: she stood at a door
advcl punct nsubj case det obl root Sleepy ADJ : PUNCT she PRON stood VERB at ADP a DET door NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sleepy sleepy ADJ Degree=Pos 4 stood advcl 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 stood punct 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 stood nsubj 4 stood stand VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 at at ADP _ 7 door case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 door det 7 door door NOUN Number=Sing 4 stood obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stand past she a door vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at door=Location
Option 2 Angry: she knocked very hard
advcl punct nsubj advmod xcomp root Angry ADJ : PUNCT she PRON knocked VERB very ADV hard ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Angry angry ADJ Degree=Pos 4 knocked advcl 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 knocked punct 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 knocked nsubj 4 knocked knock VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 very very ADV _ 6 hard advmod 6 hard hard ADJ Degree=Pos 4 knocked xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 knock past she hard property vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Nervous: "her hands shook"
punct punct nmod:poss nsubj obl punct root Nervous ADJ : PUNCT " PUNCT her PRON hands NOUN shook NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nervous nervous ADJ Degree=Pos root root 2 : : PUNCT _ 6 shook punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 shook punct 4 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 hands nmod:poss 5 hands hand NOUN Number=Plur 6 shook nsubj 6 shook shook NOUN Number=Sing 1 Nervous obl 7 " " PUNCT _ 6 shook punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shook in a quote her hands tree rules
Option 4 Happy: she knocked on a door
advcl punct nsubj case det obl root Happy ADJ : PUNCT she PRON knocked VERB on ADP a DET door NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 4 knocked advcl 2 : : PUNCT _ 4 knocked punct 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 knocked nsubj 4 knocked knock VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 on on ADP _ 7 door case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 door det 7 door door NOUN Number=Sing 4 knocked obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 knock past she a door vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on door=Location
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