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title: ★★★ Which change is an edit, not a proofread? — Editing and redrafting · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Which change is an edit, not a proofread? Test 7 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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# Test 7 · Editing and redrafting

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★★★ Which change is an edit, not a proofread?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★ · **What happens:** be, not proofread · **To what, where:** edit

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This is test 7 of lesson 43 «Editing and redrafting» 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/43-editing-and-redrafting/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:t7:1
# text = ★★★ Which change is an edit, not a proofread?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	edit	edit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	proofread	proofread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | ★ ★ ★  which change | a edit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **proofread** | participle |  | a edit *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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Changing "dont" to "don't"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:t7:o1:1
# text = Changing "dont" to "don't"
1	Changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	dont	dont	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | gerund |  | dont |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dont=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Adding a sentence showing a feeling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:t7:o2:1
# text = Adding a sentence showing a feeling
1	Adding	add	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | a sentence |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Patient |
| 2 | **show** | gerund | Adding | a feeling |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent feeling=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Adding a full stop at the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:t7:o3:1
# text = Adding a full stop at the end
1	Adding	add	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund |  | a full stop |  |  | at the end |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stop=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Changing "i" to "I"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:43-editing-and-redrafting:t7:o4:1
# text = Changing "i" to "I"
1	Changing	change	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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