--- title: «a recount is just a story innit». What's the difference? — Reading non-fiction: recount, instruct… · tree and pragmatics description: «a recount is just a story innit». What's the difference? Test 1 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Reading non-fiction: recount, instruct…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/) / t1 # Test 1 · Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report «a recount is just a story innit». What's the difference? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** recount, difference · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** story innit This is test 1 of lesson 23 «Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report» 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/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «a recount is just a story innit». ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t1:1 # text = «a recount is just a story innit». 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 recount recount NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 innit innit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a recount | a story innit | | | | | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* What's the difference? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t1:2 # text = What's the difference? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the difference | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A recount is always made up ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t1:o1:1 # text = A recount is always made up 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 recount recount NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make up** | present · passive | | a recount | | | | always *property* | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A recount retells real events; a story can be made up ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t1:o2:1 # text = A recount retells real events; a story can be made up 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 recount recount NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 retells retell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retell** | present | a recount | real events | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make up** | can · passive | | a story | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot | ### Option 3 {#o3} A recount has no order ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t1:o3:1 # text = A recount has no order 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 recount recount NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a recount | no order | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} There's no difference at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t1:o4:1 # text = There's no difference at all 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | present | no difference at all | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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