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title: Identify the activity that constitutes proofreading. — Editing and redrafting · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the activity that constitutes proofreading. Exam question 1 of lesson 43 «Editing and redrafting» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Editing and redrafting

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Identify the activity that constitutes proofreading.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, activity · **What happens:** identify, constitute, proofread · **To what, where:** activity

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 43 «Editing and redrafting» 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/43-editing-and-redrafting/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:e1:1
# text = Identify the activity that constitutes proofreading.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	activity	activity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	proofreading	proofread	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the activity |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent activity=Theme |
| 2 | **constitute** | present | the activity |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **proofread** | gerund | the activity *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The addition of a further chapter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:e1:o1:1
# text = The addition of a further chapter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	addition	addition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The invention of a new plot for the narrative

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:e1:o2:1
# text = The invention of a new plot for the narrative
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	plot	plot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** |  |  | a new plot for the narrative |  |  |  |  | nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The replacement of the protagonist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:e1:o3:1
# text = The replacement of the protagonist
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	replacement	replacement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **replace** |  |  | the protagonist |  |  |  |  | nom replacement «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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Correction of spelling and punctuation errors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:e1:o4:1
# text = Correction of spelling and punctuation errors
1	Correction	correction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	punctuation	punctuation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	errors	error	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **correct** |  |  | spelling errors |  |  |  |  | nom correction «act transitive»: of=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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