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Exam question 4 · Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic"

It is given that a pupil experiences anxiety prior to examinations. Identify the most appropriate response.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pupil, you · What happens: give, experience, identify · To what, where: It, anxiety, appropriate response

This is exam question 4 of lesson 53 «Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic"» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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: It is given that a pupil experiences anxiety prior to examinations.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 experiences	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pupil	det
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 experiences	nsubj
7	experiences	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 experiences	obj
9	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 examinations	case
10	to	to	ADP	_	9 prior	fixed
11	examinations	examination	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 experiences	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	experience	present	a pupil	anxiety				prior examinations	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anxiety=Stimulus

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: Identify the most appropriate response.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 response	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 appropriate	advmod
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate response					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Regard it as proof of certain failure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Regard	regard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Regard	obj
3	as	as	ADP	_	4 proof	case
4	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Regard	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 failure	case
6	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 failure	amod
7	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proof	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	imperative	you not said here	it				as proof of certain failure	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent it=Theme as proof=Value
2	proof			certain failure					nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Discuss it with family or a teacher and rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Discuss	discuss	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Discuss	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 family	case
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Discuss	obl
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 teacher	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 family	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rest	cc
9	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 family	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discuss speech: other	imperative	you not said here	it				with family or a teacher and rest	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent it=Topic with family=Co-Agent

Option 3

Abandon all revision entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abandon	abandon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 revision	det
3	revision	revision	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Abandon	obj
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	1 Abandon	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	imperative	you not said here	all revision				entirely property	vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme revision=Source

Option 4

Conceal it and revise throughout the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Conceal	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 revise	cc
4	revise	revise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Conceal	conj
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	7 night	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 night	det
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 revise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	imperative	you not said here	it					vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	revise	infinitive	you not said here				night		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=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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