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Test 6 · ★ · SATs: grammar, punctuation and spelling paper

"Sod it, I'll just guess the lot," says Dan, with 10 minutes left. What would help more?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sod, Dan · What happens: guess, say, leave, help · To what, where: lot, 10 minutes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 52 «SATs: grammar, punctuation and spelling 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: "Sod it, I'll just guess the lot," says Dan, with 10 minutes left.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Sod	punct
2	Sod	sod	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guess	nsubj
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 Sod	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Sod	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 guess	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 guess	aux
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 guess	advmod
8	guess	guess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lot	det
10	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guess	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 guess	conj
14	Dan	Dan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 minutes	punct
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 minutes	case
17	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	18 minutes	nummod
18	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 says	parataxis
19	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 minutes	acl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 guess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess in a quote	future	Sod	the lot					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	Dan						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	leave	participle		10 minutes not said here					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 would help more?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 help	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 help	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would							vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Reading each question fully and checking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 question	det
3	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reading	obj
4	fully	fully	ADV	_	1 Reading	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 checking	cc
6	checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Reading	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	gerund		each question				fully property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Topic
2	check	gerund							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Starting again from the very beginning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	again	again	ADV	_	1 Starting	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 beginning	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beginning	det
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 beginning	advmod
6	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Starting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	gerund					from the beginning; again		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Guessing everything and leaving early

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guessing	guess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Guessing	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 leaving	cc
4	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Guessing	conj
5	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 leaving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guess	gerund		everything					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme
2	leave	gerund						early property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Rubbing out all of his answers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 all	csubj
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Rubbing	compound:prt
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 answers	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 answers	nmod:poss
6	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub out	gerund							vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme
2	answer		his = he						nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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