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title: Your mate says, "Mess up SATs and you're stuck in Year 6 forever, br… — Writing assessment and the "Year 6 pan… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate says, "Mess up SATs and you're stuck in Year 6 forever, bruv." ("Bruv" means mate.) Put him right. Test 1 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; Mov
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# Test 1 · Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic"

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Your mate says, "Mess up SATs and you're stuck in Year 6 forever, bruv." ("Bruv" means mate.) Put him right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, you, Bruv · **What happens:** say, mess up, be, mean, put · **To what, where:** SATs, mate · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 53 «Writing assessment and the "Year 6 panic"» 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/53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate says, "Mess up SATs and you're stuck in Year 6 forever, bruv."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:t1:1
# text = Your mate says, "Mess up SATs and you're stuck in Year 6 forever, bruv."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Mess	mess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	SATs	sat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Year	Year	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	flat	_	_
16	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mess up** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | SATs |  |  |  | bruv *obl*; forever *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  | in Year | stuck *property* | tree rules |

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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:* ("Bruv" means mate.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:t1:2
# text = ("Bruv" means mate.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Bruv | mate |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* Put him right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:t1:3
# text = Put him right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | mate |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |

## The options {#options}

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

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Everyone moves up; SATs don't hold you back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:t1:o1:1
# text = Everyone moves up; SATs don't hold you back
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	SATs	sat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move up** | present | Everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **hold back** | present · do-support | SATs | you |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only if you fail two of the papers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:t1:o2:1
# text = Only if you fail two of the papers
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fail	fail	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	papers	paper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | present | you | two of the papers |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Only if your writing is the worst in class

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:t1:o3:1
# text = Only if your writing is the worst in class
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	worst	bad	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | your writing |  |  | class |  | bad *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **write** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom writing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He's right, you would have to redo the year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:53-writing-assessment-and-the-year-6-panic:t1:o4:1
# text = He's right, you would have to redo the year
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	redo	redo	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **redo** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | year |  | tree rules |

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