Test 1 · Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic" Your mate says, "Mess up SATs and you're stuck in Year 6 forever, bruv." ("Bruv" means mate.) Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, you, Bruv · What happens: say, mess up, be, mean, put · To what, where: SATs, mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 53 «Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic"» 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: Your mate says, "Mess up SATs and you're stuck in Year 6 forever, bruv."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct ccomp compound:prt obj cc nsubj cop conj case obl flat advmod punct obl punct punct root Your PRON mate NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Mess VERB up ADP SATs NOUN and CCONJ you PRON 're AUX stuck ADJ in ADP Year PROPN 6 NUM forever ADV , PUNCT bruv NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 Mess punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 Mess punct 6 Mess mess VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 says ccomp 7 up up ADP _ 6 Mess compound:prt 8 SATs sat NOUN Number=Plur 6 Mess obj 9 and and CCONJ _ 12 stuck cc 10 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 12 stuck nsubj 11 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 stuck cop 12 stuck stuck ADJ Degree=Pos 6 Mess conj 13 in in ADP _ 14 Year case 14 Year Year PROPN Number=Sing 12 stuck obl 15 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 14 Year flat 16 forever forever ADV _ 6 Mess advmod 17 , , PUNCT _ 18 bruv punct 18 bruv bruv NOUN Number=Sing 6 Mess obl 19 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct 20 " " PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 mess up in a quote infinitive SATs bruv obl ; forever property tree rules 3 is in a quote present you in Year stuck 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: ("Bruv" means mate.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Bruv PROPN " PUNCT means VERB mate NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bruv punct 3 Bruv Bruv PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Bruv punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Bruv mate vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic
Sentence 3: Put him right.
obj advmod punct root Put VERB him PRON right ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Put obj 3 right right ADV _ 1 Put advmod 4 . . PUNCT _ 1 Put punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 put imperative you not said here mate right property vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Everyone moves up; SATs don't hold you back
nsubj compound:prt punct nsubj aux advmod conj obj advmod root Everyone PRON moves VERB up ADP ; PUNCT SATs NOUN do AUX n't PART hold VERB you PRON back ADV 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 _ 8 hold punct 5 SATs sat NOUN Number=Plur 8 hold nsubj 6 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 hold aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 hold advmod 8 hold hold VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 moves conj 9 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 hold obj 10 back back ADV _ 8 hold advmod
# 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 not hold back present · do-support SATs you vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
Option 2 Only if you fail two of the papers
advmod mark nsubj obj case det nmod root Only ADV if SCONJ you PRON fail VERB two NUM of ADP the DET papers NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 4 fail advmod 2 if if SCONJ _ 4 fail mark 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 fail nsubj 4 fail fail VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 two two NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 4 fail obj 6 of of ADP _ 8 papers case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 papers det 8 papers paper NOUN Number=Plur 5 two nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fail present you two of the papers vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Eventuality
Option 3 Only if your writing is the worst in class
advmod mark nmod:poss nsubj cop det case obl root Only ADV if SCONJ your PRON writing NOUN is AUX the DET worst ADJ in ADP class NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 7 worst advmod 2 if if SCONJ _ 7 worst mark 3 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 writing nmod:poss 4 writing writing NOUN Number=Sing 7 worst nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 worst cop 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 worst det 7 worst bad ADJ Degree=Sup root root 8 in in ADP _ 9 class case 9 class class NOUN Number=Sing 7 worst obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present your writing class bad property tree rules 2 write your nom writing «act transitive»: poss=agent
Option 4 He's right, you would have to redo the year
nsubj cop punct nsubj aux conj mark xcomp det obj root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT you PRON would AUX have VERB to PART redo VERB the DET year NOUN 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 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 have punct 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 7 have nsubj 6 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 have aux 7 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 right conj 8 to to PART _ 9 redo mark 9 redo redo VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 have xcomp 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 year det 11 year year NOUN Number=Sing 9 redo obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 have would you tree rules 3 redo to-infinitive you not said here year tree rules
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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