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title: Ascertain the function of a glossary appended to a non-chronological… — Reading non-fiction: recount, instruct… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the function of a glossary appended to a non-chronological report. Exam question 4 of lesson 23 «Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report» 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
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# Exam question 4 · Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report

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Ascertain the function of a glossary appended to a non-chronological report.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, append · **To what, where:** function, glossary

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 23 «Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report» 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/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the function of a glossary appended to a non-chronological report.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	glossary	glossary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	appended	append	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	non-chronological	non-chronological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the function of a glossary |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent function=Topic |
| 2 | **append** | participle |  | a glossary *not said here* |  |  |  | to a non-chronological report | tree rules |

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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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To list the chapters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:e4:o1:1
# text = To list the chapters
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	list	list	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chapters	chapter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **list** | to-infinitive |  | the chapters |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To summarise the report's conclusions in the form of a single paragraph

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:e4:o2:1
# text = To summarise the report's conclusions in the form of a single paragraph
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	summarise	summarise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	conclusions	conclusion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summarise** | to-infinitive |  | the report's conclusions |  | the form of a single paragraph |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **conclude** |  | the report |  |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | a single paragraph |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To define key terms used in the text

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:e4:o3:1
# text = To define key terms used in the text
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	define	define	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	key	key	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **define** | to-infinitive |  | key terms |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | participle |  | key terms *not said here* |  | the text |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To display photographs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:e4:o4:1
# text = To display photographs
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	display	display	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	photographs	photograph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | to-infinitive |  | photographs |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photograph=Theme |

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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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