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title: In a cartoon, a character builds a rocket without instructions and i… — Reading non-fiction: recount, instruct… · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a character builds a rocket without instructions and it works first time. What happens in real life? Test 6 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 e
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# Test 6 · Reading non-fiction: recount, instructions, report

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In a cartoon, a character builds a rocket without instructions and it works first time. What happens in real life?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** character · **What happens:** build, work, happen · **To what, where:** rocket, cartoon, real life

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This is test 6 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a character builds a rocket without instructions and it works first time.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t6:1
# text = In a cartoon, a character builds a rocket without instructions and it works first time.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	builds	build	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rocket	rocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	advmod	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | present | a character | a rocket |  | a cartoon |  | without instructions | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset rocket=Product |
| 2 | **work** | present | character |  |  |  | time |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What happens in real life?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t6:2
# text = What happens in real life?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happens	happen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present |  |  |  | real life |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in life=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Instructions slow you down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t6:o1:1
# text = Instructions slow you down
1	Instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slow	slow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slow down** | present | Instructions | you |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent you=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It always works first time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t6:o2:1
# text = It always works first time
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | It |  |  |  | time | always, first *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rockets don't need instructions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t6:o3:1
# text = Rockets don't need instructions
1	Rockets	rocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | Rockets | instructions |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot instruction=Theme |

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

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Skipping instructions usually leads to mistakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report:t6:o4:1
# text = Skipping instructions usually leads to mistakes
1	Skipping	skip	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	csubj	_	_
2	instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	leads	lead	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **skip** | gerund |  | instructions |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instruction=Agent |
| 2 | **lead** | present | Skipping |  |  |  |  | to mistakes; usually *property* | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to mistake=Patient |

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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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