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description: Pursuant to the five-finger test, a pupil who encounters five unfamiliar or unreadable words upon a single page should conclude that the book is: Exam question 3 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 
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# Exam question 3 · Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home

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Pursuant to the five-finger test, a pupil who encounters five unfamiliar or unreadable words upon a single page should conclude that the book is:

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, book · **What happens:** encounter, conclude, be · **To what, where:** five unfamiliar words

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e3:1
# text = Pursuant to the five-finger test, a pupil who encounters five unfamiliar or unreadable words upon a single page should conclude that the book is:
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	test	test	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	encounters	encounter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
14	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	unreadable	unreadable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
17	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
18	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
22	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	conclude	conclude	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
24	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	27	mark	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
27	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **encounter** | present | a pupil | five unfamiliar words |  |  |  | upon a single page | vn encounter-30.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
| 2 | **conclude** | should | a pupil |  |  |  |  | to the finger test; pursuant *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **be** | present | the book |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ideally suited to independent reading

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e3:o1:1
# text = Ideally suited to independent reading
1	Ideally	ideally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	suited	suit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suit** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to independent reading; ideally *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Excessively easy and therefore to be discarded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e3:o2:1
# text = Excessively easy and therefore to be discarded
1	Excessively	excessively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	discarded	discard	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discard** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To be avoided permanently thereafter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e3:o3:1
# text = To be avoided permanently thereafter
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	avoided	avoid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	permanently	permanently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	thereafter	thereafter	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | permanently, thereafter *property* | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING» |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Presently too difficult to be read independently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e3:o4:1
# text = Presently too difficult to be read independently
1	Presently	presently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
7	independently	independently	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | independently *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V» |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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