--- title: Determine the punctuation mark that may properly conjoin two closely… — SATs: grammar, punctuation and spellin… · tree and pragmatics description: Determine the punctuation mark that may properly conjoin two closely related independent clauses. Exam question 4 of lesson 52 «SATs: grammar, punctuation and spelling paper» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; M --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [SATs: grammar, punctuation and spellin…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · SATs: grammar, punctuation and spelling paper Determine the punctuation mark that may properly conjoin two closely related independent clauses. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, punctuation mark · **What happens:** determine, conjoin · **To what, where:** punctuation mark, two related independent clauses This is exam question 4 of lesson 52 «SATs: grammar, punctuation and spelling 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/52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:e4:1 # text = Determine the punctuation mark that may properly conjoin two closely related independent clauses. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 punctuation punctuation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 properly properly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 conjoin conjoin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 10 closely closely ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 related related ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 independent independent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 clauses clause NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the punctuation mark | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Topic | | 2 | **conjoin** | may | the punctuation mark | two related independent clauses | | | | properly *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clause=Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The semicolon ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:e4:o1:1 # text = The semicolon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 semicolon semicolon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The apostrophe ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:e4:o2:1 # text = The apostrophe 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 apostrophe apostrophe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The hyphen ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:e4:o3:1 # text = The hyphen 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hyphen hyphen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The question mark ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:e4:o4:1 # text = The question mark 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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