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# Test 6 · ★ · SATs: grammar, punctuation and spelling paper

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"Sod it, I'll just guess the lot," says Dan, with 10 minutes left. What would help more?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Sod, Dan · **What happens:** guess, say, leave, help · **To what, where:** lot, 10 minutes · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Sod it, I'll just guess the lot," says Dan, with 10 minutes left.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t6:1
# text = "Sod it, I'll just guess the lot," says Dan, with 10 minutes left.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sod	sod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	guess	guess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	Dan	Dan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	parataxis	_	_
19	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** *in a quote* | future | Sod | the lot |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **leave** | participle |  | 10 minutes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* What would help more?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t6:2
# text = What would help more?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Reading each question fully and checking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t6:o1:1
# text = Reading each question fully and checking
1	Reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	fully	fully	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  | each question |  |  |  | fully *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent question=Topic |
| 2 | **check** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Starting again from the very beginning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t6:o2:1
# text = Starting again from the very beginning
1	Starting	start	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	beginning	beginning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | gerund |  |  |  |  | from the beginning; again |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Guessing everything and leaving early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t6:o3:1
# text = Guessing everything and leaving early
1	Guessing	guess	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guess** | gerund |  | everything |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Rubbing out all of his answers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper:t6:o4:1
# text = Rubbing out all of his answers
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	csubj	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	answers	answer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub out** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **answer** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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