--- title: Ascertain the term denoting the linking of ideas such that a written… — Writing assessment and the "Year 6 pan… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the term denoting the linking of ideas such that a written piece holds together. Exam question 3 of lesson 53 «Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic"» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic/e3/) [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/) / [Writing assessment and the "Year 6 pan…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic" Ascertain the term denoting the linking of ideas such that a written piece holds together. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, term, written piece · **What happens:** ascertain, denote, write, hold together · **To what, where:** term, linking This is exam question 3 of lesson 53 «Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic"» 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/53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the term denoting the linking of ideas such that a written piece holds together. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 term term NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 denoting denote VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 linking linking NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 9 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 15 together together ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the term | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Topic | | 2 | **denote** | gerund | the term *not said here* | the linking of ideas | | | | | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot linking=Topic | | 3 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hold together** | present | a written piece | | | | | together *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Cohesion ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:e3:o1:1 # text = Cohesion 1 Cohesion cohesion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Rebuttal ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:e3:o2:1 # text = Rebuttal 1 Rebuttal rebuttal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Alliteration ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:e3:o3:1 # text = Alliteration 1 Alliteration alliteration NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Projection ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:e3:o4:1 # text = Projection 1 Projection projection 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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