--- title: Identify the practice of observing the techniques employed by an aut… — Putting it together: reading and writi… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the practice of observing the techniques employed by an author with a view to employing them oneself. Exam question 1 of lesson 54 «Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/e1/) [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/) / [Putting it together: reading and writi…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer Identify the practice of observing the techniques employed by an author with a view to employing them oneself. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, practice · **What happens:** identify, observe, employ · **To what, where:** practice, techniques This is exam question 1 of lesson 54 «Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer» 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/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e1:1 # text = Identify the practice of observing the techniques employed by an author with a view to employing them oneself. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 practice practice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 observing observe VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 techniques technique NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 to to SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 employing employ VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 acl _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 oneself oneself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the practice | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent practice=Theme | | 2 | **observe** | gerund | the practice *not said here* | the techniques | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent technique=Topic | | 3 | **employ** | participle | | the techniques *not said here* | | | | by a author with a view | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **employ** | gerund | | techniques *= technique* | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Reading as a writer ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e1:o1:1 # text = Reading as a writer 1 Reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 writer writer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | gerund | | | | | | as a writer | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as writer=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} Proofreading ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e1:o2:1 # text = Proofreading 1 Proofreading proofreading NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Paraphrasing ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e1:o3:1 # text = Paraphrasing 1 Paraphrasing paraphrasing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Plagiarism ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e1:o4:1 # text = Plagiarism 1 Plagiarism plagiarism NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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