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Test 4 · Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic"

A cartoon says one writing test on one day decides your Year 6 writing. Fix it.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, one writing test, your, you · What happens: say, decide, write, fix · To what, where: Year writing, writing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 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: A cartoon says one writing test on one day decides your Year 6 writing.

detnsubjnummodcompoundnsubjcasenummodnmodccompnmod:posscompoundflatobjpunctrootADETcartoonNOUNsaysVERBoneNUMwritingNOUNtestNOUNonADPoneNUMdayNOUNdecidesVERByourPRONYearNOUN6NUMwritingNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 cartoondet
2cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 testnummod
5writingwritingNOUNNumber=Sing6 testcompound
6testtestNOUNNumber=Sing10 decidesnsubj
7ononADP_9 daycase
8oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card9 daynummod
9daydayNOUNNumber=Sing6 testnmod
10decidesdecideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 saysccomp
11youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 writingnmod:poss
12YearyearNOUNNumber=Sing14 writingcompound
1366NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card12 Yearflat
14writingwritingNOUNNumber=Sing10 decidesobj
15..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenta cartoonvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2decidepresentone writing test on one dayyour Year writingvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent writing=Topic
3writeyournom writing «act transitive»: poss=agent

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: Fix it.

objpunctrootFixVERBitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FixfixVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Fixobj
3..PUNCT_1 Fixpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1fiximperativeyou not said herewritingvn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

The options

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

It's teacher-assessed from the whole year

nsubj:passauxcompoundpunctcasedetamodoblrootItPRON'sAUXteacherNOUN-PUNCTassessedVERBfromADPtheDETwholeADJyearNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 assessednsubj:pass
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 assessedaux
3teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing5 assessedcompound
4--PUNCT_3 teacherpunct
5assessedassessVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6fromfromADP_9 yearcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 yeardet
8wholewholeADJDegree=Pos9 yearamod
9yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing5 assessedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1assesspresent · passiveItyearvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Writing is marked by a robot in London

nsubj:passaux:passcasedetoblcasenmodrootWritingNOUNisAUXmarkedVERBbyADPaDETrobotNOUNinADPLondonPROPN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WritingwritingNOUNNumber=Sing3 markednsubj:pass
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 markedaux:pass
3markedmarkVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4bybyADP_6 robotcase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 robotdet
6robotrobotNOUNNumber=Sing3 markedobl
7ininADP_8 Londoncase
8LondonLondonPROPNNumber=Sing6 robotnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1markpresent · passivea robot in LondonWritingvn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination

Option 3

There is no writing at all in Year 6

expldetnsubjcaseoblcasenmodflatrootTherePRONisVERBnoDETwritingNOUNatADPallDETinADPYearPROPN6NUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 isexpl
2isbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3nonoDETPronType=Neg4 writingdet
4writingwritingNOUNNumber=Sing2 isnsubj
5atatADP_6 allcase
6allallDETPronType=Tot2 isobl
7ininADP_8 Yearcase
8YearYearPROPNNumber=Sing6 allnmod
966NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card8 Yearflat
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepresentno writingall; therevn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 4

The cartoon is right about the writing

detnsubjcopcasedetoblrootTheDETcartoonNOUNisAUXrightADJaboutADPtheDETwritingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 cartoondet
2cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing4 rightnsubj
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 rightcop
4rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
5aboutaboutADP_7 writingcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 writingdet
7writingwritingNOUNNumber=Sing4 rightobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentthe cartoonabout the writing; right propertytree 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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