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description: It is given that a question instructs candidates to "find and copy one word". Determine the most appropriate response. Exam question 2 of lesson 51 «SATs: the reading paper» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 2 · SATs: the reading paper

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It is given that a question instructs candidates to "find and copy one word". Determine the most appropriate response.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** question, you · **What happens:** give, instruct, find, copy, determine · **To what, where:** It, candidates, one word, appropriate response · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 51 «SATs: the reading paper» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a question instructs candidates to "find and copy one word".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:e2:1
# text = It is given that a question instructs candidates to "find and copy one word".
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	instructs	instruct	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	candidates	candidate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **instruct** *speech: other* | present | a question | candidates |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent candidate=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **find** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a question *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **copy** *in a quote* | infinitive | a question *not said here* | one word |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the most appropriate response.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:e2:2
# text = Determine the most appropriate response.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate response |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Copy the entire relevant sentence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:e2:o1:1
# text = Copy the entire relevant sentence
1	Copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	relevant	relevant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* | the entire relevant sentence |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Paraphrase the passage at length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:e2:o2:1
# text = Paraphrase the passage at length
1	Paraphrase	paraphrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Copy exactly one word from the text

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:e2:o3:1
# text = Copy exactly one word from the text
1	Copy	copy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | imperative | you *not said here* | one word |  | the text |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Supply a word of one's own choosing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:e2:o4:1
# text = Supply a word of one's own choosing
1	Supply	supply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	one	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nmod	_	_
8	choosing	choose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | imperative | you *not said here* | a word of one's own |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Recipient |
| 2 | **choose** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**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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