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description: Reggie, Gen Alpha: "I'll copy the whole first chapter of a book, it's giving genius." What is the problem? Test 2 · ★★ 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 and of 
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer

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Reggie, Gen Alpha: "I'll copy the whole first chapter of a book, it's giving genius." What is the problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, chapter, problem · **What happens:** copy, give, be · **To what, where:** whole first chapter, genius

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 54 «Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer» 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/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Reggie, Gen Alpha: "I'll copy the whole first chapter of a book, it's giving genius."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:t2:1
# text = Reggie, Gen Alpha: "I'll copy the whole first chapter of a book, it's giving genius."
1	Reggie	Reggie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
21	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** *in a quote* | future | I | the whole first chapter of a book |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | chapter | genius |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent genius=Theme |

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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 is the problem?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:t2:2
# text = What is the problem?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the problem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That's copying; borrow techniques, not words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:t2:o1:1
# text = That's copying; borrow techniques, not words
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
6	techniques	technique	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present · progressive | That | words |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **borrow** | infinitive |  | techniques |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent technique=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He should copy out two whole chapters instead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:t2:o2:1
# text = He should copy out two whole chapters instead
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	copy	copy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	chapters	chapter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy out** | should | He | two whole chapters |  |  |  | instead, out *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, as long as he changes the title first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:t2:o3:1
# text = Nothing, as long as he changes the title first
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Nothing | the title |  |  |  | first, long *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent title=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, because copying is reading like a writer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:t2:o4:1
# text = Nothing, because copying is reading like a writer
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	copying	copying	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | present · progressive | copying |  |  |  |  | like a writer | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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