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description: ★★ Ruby says the koala report is heaps boring. Mum: «What did you learn?» What is a good thing to do with a dull report? Test 3 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 an
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# Test 3 · Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report

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★★ Ruby says the koala report is heaps boring. Mum: «What did you learn?» What is a good thing to do with a dull report?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, koala report, you · **What happens:** say, be, learn, do · **To what, where:** Mum, good thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★ Ruby says the koala report is heaps boring.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t3:1
# text = ★★ Ruby says the koala report is heaps boring.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	koala	koala	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	heaps	heap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the koala report |  |  |  |  | boring *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Mum: «What did you learn?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t3:2
# text = Mum: «What did you learn?»
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** *in a quote* | past · do-support | you | Mum |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What is a good thing to do with a dull report?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t3:3
# text = What is a good thing to do with a dull report?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a good thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with a dull report | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Decide that boring texts can't teach you anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t3:o1:1
# text = Decide that boring texts can't teach you anything
1	Decide	decide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
3	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **teach** *speech: other* | can | boring texts | anything | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient anything=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only look at the pictures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t3:o2:1
# text = Only look at the pictures
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the pictures | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at picture=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Stop reading at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t3:o3:1
# text = Stop reading at once
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	reading	read	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **read** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at once=Value |

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

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Find one surprising fact

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t3:o4:1
# text = Find one surprising fact
1	Find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	surprising	surprising	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | one surprising fact |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Topic |

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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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