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title: ★★★ Kai's page: he can't read «enormous» and «gnarled», and doesn't… — Reading for pleasure and the reading b… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Kai's page: he can't read «enormous» and «gnarled», and doesn't know what «quarrel» means. He says, «Only 2 words I can't read, so 2 fingers, just right.» What's wrong? Test 1 of lesson 16 «Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Test 1 · Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home

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★★★ Kai's page: he can't read «enormous» and «gnarled», and doesn't know what «quarrel» means. He says, «Only 2 words I can't read, so 2 fingers, just right.» What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kai, quarrel · **What happens:** not read, gnarl, not know, mean, page, say · **To what, where:** enormous, 2 words · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 16 «Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home» of the English course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Kai's page: he can't read «enormous» and «gnarled», and doesn't know what «quarrel» means.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t1:1
# text = ★★★ Kai's page: he can't read «enormous» and «gnarled», and doesn't know what «quarrel» means.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	enormous	enormous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	gnarled	gnarl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
23	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	conj	_	_
24	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	28	obj	_	_
25	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	_
28	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **read** | can | Kai | enormous |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enormous=Topic |
| 2 | **gnarl** *in a quote* | participle | Kai *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | Kai *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **mean** | present | quarrel |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 5 | **page** |  | Kai |  |  |  |  |  | nom page «communication 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.

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*Sentence 2:* He says, «Only 2 words I can't read, so 2 fingers, just right.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t1:2
# text = He says, «Only 2 words I can't read, so 2 fingers, just right.»
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	just	just	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | quarrel |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **read** *in a quote* | can | quarrel | 2 words *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t1:3
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, only words you can't say out loud count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t1:o1:1
# text = Nothing, only words you can't say out loud count
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* | can | you |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **count** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He forgot «quarrel»: words he doesn't know count too, so it's 3

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t1:o2:1
# text = He forgot «quarrel»: words he doesn't know count too, so it's 3
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	parataxis	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | He | quarrel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | he | words *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **count** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is a** | present | quarrel | 3 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He should count every word on the page, not just hard ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t1:o3:1
# text = He should count every word on the page, not just hard ones
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | should | He | every word |  | the page |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's 3 fingers, and 3 means far too hard for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t1:o4:1
# text = It's 3 fingers, and 3 means far too hard for him
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	fingers	finger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
10	too	too	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	ccomp	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | 3 fingers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | 3 | 3 fingers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Topic |

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