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title: Identify the principal reason for which a parent who reads little ma… — Reading for pleasure and the reading b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a parent who reads little may nevertheless assist a child's reading. Exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 2 · Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home

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Identify the principal reason for which a parent who reads little may nevertheless assist a child's reading.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, parent, child · **What happens:** identify, read, assist · **To what, where:** principal reason, little, reading

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home» 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/16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a parent who reads little may nevertheless assist a child's reading.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obj	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	assist	assist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **read** | present | a parent | little |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Topic |
| 3 | **assist** | may | a parent | a child's reading |  |  |  | for the principal reason; nevertheless *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reading=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **read** |  | a child |  |  |  |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Such a parent is obliged by law to attend reading classes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e2:o1:1
# text = Such a parent is obliged by law to attend reading classes
1	Such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
10	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	classes	class	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive | law | such parent |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **attend** | to-infinitive | law *not said here* | reading classes |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme class=Goal |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Children learn to read exclusively by the imitation of their parents, irrespective of instruction

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e2:o2:1
# text = Children learn to read exclusively by the imitation of their parents, irrespective of instruction
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	learn	learn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	imitation	imitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present | Children |  |  |  |  | of instruction | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | to-infinitive | Children *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the imitation of Children's parents; exclusively *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **imitate** |  |  | Children's parents |  |  |  |  | nom imitation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Listening and discussion of the story are themselves of substantial benefit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e2:o3:1
# text = Listening and discussion of the story are themselves of substantial benefit
1	Listening	listen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Listening | themselves *= they* |  |  |  | of substantial benefit | tree rules |
| 3 | **discuss** |  |  | the story |  |  |  |  | nom discussion «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The school forbids parents who read a great deal from assisting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e2:o4:1
# text = The school forbids parents who read a great deal from assisting
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forbids	forbid	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	assisting	assisting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forbid** | present | the school | parents |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer parent=Theme |
| 2 | **read** | present | parents | a great deal |  | assisting |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent deal=Topic from assisting=Source |

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