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title: It is given that a pupil experiences anxiety prior to examinations.… — Writing assessment and the "Year 6 pan… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a pupil experiences anxiety prior to examinations. Identify the most appropriate response. Exam question 4 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 opt
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# Exam question 4 · Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic"

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It is given that a pupil experiences anxiety prior to examinations. Identify the most appropriate response.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, you · **What happens:** give, experience, identify · **To what, where:** It, anxiety, appropriate response

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil experiences anxiety prior to examinations.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:e4:1
# text = It is given that a pupil experiences anxiety prior to examinations.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	experiences	experience	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	11	case	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	fixed	_	_
11	examinations	examination	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **experience** | present | a pupil | anxiety |  |  |  | prior examinations | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anxiety=Stimulus |

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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:* Identify the most appropriate response.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:e4:2
# text = Identify the most appropriate response.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the appropriate response |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Regard it as proof of certain failure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:e4:o1:1
# text = Regard it as proof of certain failure
1	Regard	regard	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	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regard** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | as proof of certain failure | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent it=Theme as proof=Value |
| 2 | **proof** |  |  | certain failure |  |  |  |  | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Discuss it with family or a teacher and rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:e4:o2:1
# text = Discuss it with family or a teacher and rest
1	Discuss	discuss	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	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discuss** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with family or a teacher and rest | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent it=Topic with family=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Abandon all revision entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:e4:o3:1
# text = Abandon all revision entirely
1	Abandon	abandon	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	revision	revision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** | imperative | you *not said here* | all revision |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme revision=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Conceal it and revise throughout the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:e4:o4:1
# text = Conceal it and revise throughout the night
1	Conceal	conceal	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	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	revise	revise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **revise** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |

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