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Which word is the adverb, and where is it? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, word · **What happens:** be, run · **To what, where:** adverb This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 52 «SATs: grammar, punctuation and spelling 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/52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* "Quickly, the boy, who was late, ran to school." ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t11:1 # text = "Quickly, the boy, who was late, ran to school." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Quickly quickly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the boy | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **run** *in a quote* | past | the boy | | | | | to school *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to school=Result | 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:* Which word is the adverb, and where is it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t11:2 # text = Which word is the adverb, and where is it? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 adverb adverb NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 5 conj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | which word | the adverb | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | word | | | | | where *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} "school", at the end ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t11:o1:1 # text = "school", at the end 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} "late", in the middle ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t11:o2:1 # text = "late", in the middle 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} "boy", fronted at the start ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t11:o3:1 # text = "boy", fronted at the start 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 fronted front VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **front** | participle | | boy *not said here* | | the start | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} "Quickly", fronted at the start ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t11:o4:1 # text = "Quickly", fronted at the start 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Quickly quickly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 fronted front VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 start start NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **front** | participle | | | | the start | | quickly *property* | tree rules | **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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