--- title: "Which word in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to 'scared'?" Parag… — SATs: the reading paper · tree and pragmatics description: "Which word in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to 'scared'?" Paragraph 2: "Ben was hungry and terrified, though he tried to look brave and cheerful." 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Paragraph 2: "Ben was hungry and terrified, though he tried to look brave and cheerful." **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** word, Paragraph, Ben · **What happens:** be, try, look · **To what, where:** meaning This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 51 «SATs: the reading paper» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Which word in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to 'scared'?" ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:t11:1 # text = "Which word in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to 'scared'?" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 paragraph paragraph NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 flat _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 closest close ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | which word in paragraph | | | meaning | | close *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:* Paragraph 2: "Ben was hungry and terrified, though he tried to look brave and cheerful." ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:t11:2 # text = Paragraph 2: "Ben was hungry and terrified, though he tried to look brave and cheerful." 1 Paragraph paragraph NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 2 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 though though SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | Paragraph | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | | Paragraph *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **try** *in a quote* | past | Ben | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **look** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Ben *not said here* | | | | | brave *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} cheerful ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:t11:o1:1 # text = cheerful 1 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} terrified ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:t11:o2:1 # text = terrified 1 terrified terrified ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} hungry ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:t11:o3:1 # text = hungry 1 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} brave ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:t11:o4:1 # text = brave 1 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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