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title: A cartoon says SATs decide whether you are allowed into secondary sc… — SATs: the reading paper · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon says SATs decide whether you are allowed into secondary school. Fix it. Test 5 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · SATs: the reading paper

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A cartoon says SATs decide whether you are allowed into secondary school. Fix it.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon, SATs, you · **What happens:** say, decide, allow, fix · **To what, where:** you, secondary school, school · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon says SATs decide whether you are allowed into secondary school.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:t5:1
# text = A cartoon says SATs decide whether you are allowed into secondary school.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	SATs	sat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	secondary	secondary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a cartoon |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **decide** | present | SATs |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **allow** | present · passive |  | you |  | secondary school |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

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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:* Fix it.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:t5:2
# text = Fix it.
1	Fix	fix	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | imperative | you *not said here* | school |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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SATs decide which of the sports teams you may join

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:t5:o1:1
# text = SATs decide which of the sports teams you may join
1	SATs	sat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sports	sport	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	compound	_	_
7	teams	team	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | present | SATs | the sports teams |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent team=Topic |
| 2 | **join** | may | you | the sports teams *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent team=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fail and you stay in Year 6 for another year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:t5:o2:1
# text = Fail and you stay in Year 6 for another year
1	Fail	fail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	conj	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	flat	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | Fail |  |  |  | in Year; year |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in year=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only children with full marks get a place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:t5:o3:1
# text = Only children with full marks get a place
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | children with full marks | a place |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer place=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everyone moves up; SATs mostly measure progress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:51-sats-the-reading-paper:t5:o4:1
# text = Everyone moves up; SATs mostly measure progress
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	SATs	sat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	measure	measure	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	progress	progress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move up** | present | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **measure** | present | SATs | progress |  |  |  | mostly *property* | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme progress=Value |

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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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