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title: «bro audiobooks are cheating, u didn't read nothing». Fair? — Reading for pleasure and the reading b… · tree and pragmatics
description: «bro audiobooks are cheating, u didn't read nothing». Fair? Test 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 each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 2 · Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home

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«bro audiobooks are cheating, u didn't read nothing». Fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bro audiobooks, u · **What happens:** cheat, not read · **To what, where:** nothing

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «bro audiobooks are cheating, u didn't read nothing».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t2:1
# text = «bro audiobooks are cheating, u didn't read nothing».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	audiobooks	audiobook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cheating	cheat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheat** *in a quote* | present · progressive | bro audiobooks |  |  |  |  |  | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **read** *in a quote* | past · do-support | u | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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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:* Fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t2:2
# text = Fair?
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they build words and stories, though print practice matters too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t2:o1:1
# text = No, they build words and stories, though print practice matters too
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	build	build	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	print	print	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | they | words and stories |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset word=Product |
| 2 | **matter** | present | print practice |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, only reading out loud to a teacher at school really counts as reading

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, only reading out loud to a teacher at school really counts as reading
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	really	really	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read out** | gerund |  |  | a teacher | school |  | loud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to teacher=Recipient |
| 2 | **count** | present | reading |  |  |  |  | as reading | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as reading=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, listening to a book teaches you nothing at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t2:o3:1
# text = Yes, listening to a book teaches you nothing at all
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	teaches	teach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to a book | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to book=Theme |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | present | listening | nothing | you | all |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient nothing=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, audiobooks are better than print in every way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t2:o4:1
# text = No, audiobooks are better than print in every way
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	audiobooks	audiobook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	print	print	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | audiobooks |  |  |  |  | than print in every way; good *property* | tree rules |

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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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