Test 7 · Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic"
Your big sister snaps, "Shut up about SATs, I'm sick of it." What is most likely going on?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: big sister, I · What happens: snap, shut up, be, go on · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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 big sister snaps, "Shut up about SATs, I'm sick of it."
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 | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sister | amod |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 snaps | nsubj |
| 4 | snaps | snap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Shut | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Shut | punct |
| 7 | Shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 snaps | ccomp |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 Shut | compound:prt |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 SATs | case |
| 10 | SATs | sat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 Shut | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 sick | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 sick | nsubj |
| 13 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 sick | cop |
| 14 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 snaps | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 sick | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 snaps | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 snaps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snap | present | Your big sister | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | shut up in a quote | participle | Your big sister not said here | about SATs | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | I | of it; sick 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 most likely going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 going | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 going | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 going | advmod |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 going | compound:prt |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | likely property | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She is perfectly happy and calm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 happy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 happy | cop |
| 3 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 4 happy | advmod |
| 4 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 calm | cc |
| 6 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 happy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | happy, perfectly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | She not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
She has already failed them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 failed | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 failed | aux |
| 3 | already | already | ADV | _ | 4 failed | advmod |
| 4 | failed | fail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 failed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | present · perfect | She | them = they | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality |
Option 3
She hates you forever now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hates | nsubj |
| 2 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 hates | obj |
| 4 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 2 hates | advmod |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 hates | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | She | you | now | forever property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She is stressed and needs a break
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stressed | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stressed | aux:pass |
| 3 | stressed | stress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 needs | cc |
| 5 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stressed | conj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 break | det |
| 7 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stressed | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stress | present · passive | She | a break obl:unmarked | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination | ||||
| 2 | need | present | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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