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title: Select the response consistent with established guidance concerning… — SATs: the reading paper · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with established guidance concerning questions requiring evidence. Exam question 4 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; Mova's choice was wrong
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# Exam question 4 · SATs: the reading paper

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Select the response consistent with established guidance concerning questions requiring evidence.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, consistent guidance concerning questions · **What happens:** select, establish, require · **To what, where:** response, evidence

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with established guidance concerning questions requiring evidence.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
10	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **require** | gerund | consistent guidance concerning questions *not said here* | evidence |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme evidence=Precondition |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Omit all mention of the text whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:e4:o1:1
# text = Omit all mention of the text whatsoever
1	Omit	omit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	mention	mention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **omit** | imperative | you *not said here* | all mention of the text |  |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mention=Theme |
| 2 | **mention** |  |  | the text |  |  |  |  | nom mention «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Repeat the question verbatim as the answer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:e4:o2:1
# text = Repeat the question verbatim as the answer
1	Repeat	repeat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	verbatim	verbatim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** | imperative | you *not said here* | the question verbatim |  |  |  | as the answer | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verbatim=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Support the answer by reference to the text

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:e4:o3:1
# text = Support the answer by reference to the text
1	Support	support	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	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 | **support** | imperative | you *not said here* | the answer |  |  |  | by reference; to the text | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer answer=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rely exclusively upon personal opinion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:e4:o4:1
# text = Rely exclusively upon personal opinion
1	Rely	rely	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rely** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon personal opinion; exclusively *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: 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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