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title: Dad: «I'm no reader, me, nowt I can do for the lad.» (nowt is northe… — Reading for pleasure and the reading b… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad: «I'm no reader, me, nowt I can do for the lad.» (nowt is northern for nothing.) What's true? Test 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
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# Test 4 · Reading for pleasure and the reading book at home

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Dad: «I'm no reader, me, nowt I can do for the lad.» (nowt is northern for nothing.) What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, nowt · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** reader, nowt

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad: «I'm no reader, me, nowt I can do for the lad.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t4:1
# text = Dad: «I'm no reader, me, nowt I can do for the lad.»
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	nowt	nowt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | no reader |  |  |  | me *nmod*; nowt *nmod* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | can | I | nowt *not said here* |  |  |  | for the lad | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nowt=Eventuality |

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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:* (nowt is northern for nothing.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t4:2
# text = (nowt is northern for nothing.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	nowt	nowt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | nowt |  |  |  |  | for nothing; northern *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t4:3
# text = What's true?
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	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He's right, only good readers can help a child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t4:o1:1
# text = He's right, only good readers can help a child
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | can | good readers |  | a child |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He must read the whole book on his own first, before he talks to his son about it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t4:o2:1
# text = He must read the whole book on his own first, before he talks to his son about it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	about	about	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | must | He | the whole book |  | his own |  | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |
| 2 | **talk** | present | he |  |  |  |  | to his son about book | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to son=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He should leave reading to the school completely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t4:o3:1
# text = He should leave reading to the school completely
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	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | should | He |  |  |  |  | to the school; completely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He can listen and ask questions, and that helps a lot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home:t4:o4:1
# text = He can listen and ask questions, and that helps a lot
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	_
10	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | can | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | He *not said here* | questions |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient |
| 3 | **help** | present | that | a lot |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Beneficiary |

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