5 exercises — practise the verb + object + complement small-clause pattern in evaluations.
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Which sentence correctly uses a small clause with "consider" to evaluate a system's readiness?
"We consider the API stable enough for general availability" is the classic small-clause pattern: "consider" + object + adjective complement, with no linking verb between them. Option A with "to be" is also grammatical but is a separate, more formal pattern, not the small clause being tested here as the most direct option. Option B uses a full "that"-clause, which is grammatical but is a different structure (clausal complement, not a small clause). Option D is ungrammatical: it mixes the small-clause object pattern with a finite verb "is", producing two verbs where a small clause has none.
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Which sentence correctly uses "find" with a small clause to describe a code review outcome?
"The reviewer found the pull request ready to merge" is correct: "find" + object + adjective complement forms a small clause describing the state discovered, with no linking verb needed. Option A inserts an unnecessary relative clause "that was", changing the structure entirely. Option C incorrectly inserts the finite verb "is" after the object, which is ungrammatical in this small-clause pattern. Option D incorrectly uses the participle "being", which is unnecessary and non-standard here.
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Which sentence correctly uses "deem" with a small clause in a formal risk assessment?
"The security team deemed the vulnerability critical" is correct: "deem" takes a direct small-clause complement (object + adjective), without "as" or "to be" in standard usage. Option B incorrectly inserts "as", which is not used with "deem" in this pattern (unlike "regard...as"). Option C incorrectly inserts "to" without a following verb, which is ungrammatical. Option D incorrectly starts a "that"-clause with "deemed that" but then fails to include a verb, leaving the clause without a predicate.
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Which sentence correctly uses a small clause with "call" to label a component during an incident review?
"The team called the caching layer the root cause of the outage" is correct: "call" + object + noun phrase complement is a small clause with no linking element. Option B incorrectly inserts "to be", which "call" does not take in this labeling sense. Option C restructures into an ungrammatical "that"-clause that doesn't match "called"'s complement pattern here. Option D incorrectly inserts "as", which "call" does not require before a noun complement in this construction.
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Which sentence correctly uses a small clause with "make" to describe the effect of a configuration change?
"The new config makes the deployment process much faster" is correct: "make" + object + adjective complement is a resultative small clause describing the state something is caused to be in. Option A incorrectly inserts "to be", which "make" in this resultative sense does not take. Option B restructures into an ungrammatical mix of a "that"-clause and the small-clause pattern. Option D incorrectly inserts the participle "being", which is not used in this construction.