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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Reading for pleasure and the reading b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning audiobooks. Exam question 4 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 each option; Mova's choice 
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# Exam question 4 · Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning audiobooks.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning audiobooks.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	audiobooks	audiobook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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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They are permitted only for pupils who are unable to read

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e4:o1:1
# text = They are permitted only for pupils who are unable to read
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present · passive |  | They |  |  |  | for pupils | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | pupils |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **read** | to-infinitive | pupils *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They develop vocabulary and comprehension but do not practise the decoding of print

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e4:o2:1
# text = They develop vocabulary and comprehension but do not practise the decoding of print
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	develop	develop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	vocabulary	vocabulary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	comprehension	comprehension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	practise	practise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	decoding	decoding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	print	print	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **develop** | present | They | vocabulary and comprehension |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vocabulary=Product |
| 2 | **not** **practise** | infinitive · do-support | They *not said here* | the decoding of print |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **decode** |  |  | print |  |  |  |  | nom decoding «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They constitute no form of engagement with books whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e4:o3:1
# text = They constitute no form of engagement with books whatsoever
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	constitute	constitute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	engagement	engagement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **constitute** | present | They | no form of engagement |  |  |  | with books; whatsoever *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme form=Pivot |
| 2 | **form** |  |  | engagement |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They are identical in every respect to the reading of printed text and may wholly replace it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:e4:o4:1
# text = They are identical in every respect to the reading of printed text and may wholly replace it
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	printed	print	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	replace	replace	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  | every respect to the reading of printed text |  | identical *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **print** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **replace** | may | They *not said here* | text |  |  |  | wholly *property* | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |
| 4 | **read** |  |  | printed text |  |  |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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