Test 8 · ★★ · SATs: the reading paper
Josh, rough: "Bloody hell, I ticked three on a 'tick two', I'm done for." What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh, three · What happens: tick, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Josh, rough: "Bloody hell, I ticked three on a 'tick two', I'm done for."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 ticked | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 rough | punct |
| 3 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Josh | conj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 hell | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 hell | punct |
| 6 | Bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hell | amod |
| 7 | hell | hell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Josh | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Josh | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 ticked | nsubj |
| 10 | ticked | tick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 done | nsubj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 tick | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 tick | det |
| 14 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 15 tick | punct |
| 15 | tick | tick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 three | nmod |
| 16 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 done | nsubj |
| 17 | ', | ', | PART | _ | 16 two | case |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 done | nsubj |
| 19 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 done | cop |
| 20 | done | done | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 ticked | ccomp |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 done | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 ticked | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 ticked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tick in a quote | past | Josh | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | three on a tick | done 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: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He gets an extra mark for trying
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 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 mark | det |
| 4 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mark | amod |
| 5 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gets | obj |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 trying | mark |
| 7 | trying | try | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 mark | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | He | a extra mark | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mark=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | try | gerund | a extra mark not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He loses that one mark, not the whole test
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 loses | nsubj |
| 2 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 mark | mark |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 mark | nummod |
| 5 | mark | mark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 loses | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 test | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 test | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 test | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 test | amod |
| 10 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mark | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | He | one mark and the whole test | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Eventuality |
Option 3
He fails the whole of the SATs now
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 fails | nsubj |
| 2 | fails | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 whole | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fails | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 SATs | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 SATs | det |
| 7 | SATs | Sat | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 whole | obl |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 fails | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | present | He | the whole | now | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whole=Eventuality |
Option 4
The marker will just pick his best two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 marker | det |
| 2 | marker | marker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pick | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pick | aux |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 pick | advmod |
| 5 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 best | nmod:poss |
| 7 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 pick | obj |
| 8 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 best | nummod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | future | the marker | marker's best | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Patient |
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