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# Exam question 3 · Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer

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It is given that a pupil must report one event to a friend and to the head teacher. Determine the appropriate course.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pupil, you · **What happens:** give, report, determine · **To what, where:** It, one event, friend, appropriate course

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pupil must report one event to a friend and to the head teacher.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e3:1
# text = It is given that a pupil must report one event to a friend and to the head teacher.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	report	report	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **report** | must | a pupil | one event | a friend and the head teacher |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent event=Topic to friend=Recipient |

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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:* Determine the appropriate course.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e3:2
# text = Determine the appropriate course.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Employ identical wording for both

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e3:o1:1
# text = Employ identical wording for both
1	Employ	employ	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wording	wording	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | imperative | you *not said here* | identical wording |  |  |  | for both | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent wording=Theme for both=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Write formally to the friend alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e3:o2:1
# text = Write formally to the friend alone
1	Write	write	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the friend |  |  | alone, formally *property* | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to friend=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Omit the report to the head teacher

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e3:o3:1
# text = Omit the report to the head teacher
1	Omit	omit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **omit** | imperative | you *not said here* | the report |  |  |  | to the head teacher | vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Theme |

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

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Adjust the register to suit each reader

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e3:o4:1
# text = Adjust the register to suit each reader
1	Adjust	adjust	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	register	register	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	suit	suit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adjust** | imperative | you *not said here* | the register |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent register=Patient |
| 2 | **suit** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | each reader |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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