{"id":"cb_question_bank:01e245d4-ce4a-48f4-b5f2-6a4dffb23a96","source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_item_id":"01e245d4-ce4a-48f4-b5f2-6a4dffb23a96","external_id":"5c126f26-375f-4a6c-8e1b-51954164e3ac","ibn":null,"question_id":"960dec02","program":"SAT","module":"english","domain_code":"SEC","domain":"Standard English Conventions","skill_code":"BOU","skill":"Boundaries","difficulty":"H","score_band":7,"answer_type":"mcq","answer_source":"key","layout_warning":null,"form_id":null,"module_number":null,"position":null,"stem":"Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?","stimulus":"A recent study tracked the number of bee species present in twenty-seven New York apple orchards over a ten-year period. ______ blank found that when wild growth near an orchard was cleared, the number of different bee species visiting the orchard decreased.","stimulus_html":"<p>A recent study tracked the number of bee species present in twenty-seven New York apple orchards over a ten-year period. <span>______</span><span class=\"sr-only\">blank</span> found that when wild growth near an orchard was cleared, the number of different bee species visiting the orchard decreased.&nbsp;</p>","stem_html":"<p>Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?</p>","rationale_html":"<p>Choice C is the best answer. The convention being tested is punctuation use between a name and title and between a subject and a verb. No punctuation is needed between the proper noun “Heather Grab” and “entomologist,” the title that describes Grab. Additionally, no punctuation is needed between the sentence’s subject (“Entomologist Heather Grab”) and the main verb (“found”) that indicates what Grab did. </p><p>Choice A is incorrect because no punctuation is needed between the subject and the verb. Choice B is incorrect because no punctuation is needed. Setting the entomologist’s name off with commas suggests that it could be removed without affecting the coherence of the sentence, which isn’t the case. Choice D is incorrect because no punctuation is needed between the subject and the verb. </p>","correct_answer":["C"],"has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"source_created_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.348000+00:00","source_updated_at":"2023-08-02T20:25:59.348000+00:00","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p>Entomologist Heather Grab:</p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>Entomologist, Heather Grab,</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>Entomologist Heather Grab</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>Entomologist Heather Grab,</p>","ord":3}],"attribution":{"source_id":"cb_question_bank","source_name":"College Board digital SAT question bank (community dump)","rights_holder":"College Board","canonical_url":"https://satsuitequestionbank.collegeboard.org/","retrieved_from":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank/main/data/cb-digital-questions.json","attribution":"SAT practice questions © College Board, from the official SAT Suite Question Bank. Retrieved via the community dump at github.com/mdn522/sat-question-bank.","disclaimer":"SAT® and PSAT/NMSQT® are trademarks registered by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"College Board copyright; source repository carries no licence. Local use only.","redistributable":false,"item_count":2017}}