--- title: my mate says reading non-fiction is cheating cos it's not a real sto… — The library and books · tree and pragmatics description: my mate says reading non-fiction is cheating cos it's not a real story. right? Test 19 · ★ of lesson 259 «The library and books» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/259-library-and-books/t19/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [The library and books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/259-library-and-books/) / t19 # Test 19 · ★ · The library and books my mate says reading non-fiction is cheating cos it's not a real story. right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, reading · **What happens:** say, read, cheat, not be · **To what, where:** non-fiction, real story · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 259 «The library and books» of the everyday 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/everyday/259-library-and-books/#t19). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t19:1 # text = my mate says reading non-fiction is cheating cos it's not a real story. right? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 reading read VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 5 non-fiction non-fiction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 cheating cheat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 8 cos cos SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 16 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **read** | gerund | | non-fiction | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent non-fiction=Topic | | 3 | **cheat** | present · progressive | reading | | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **is a** | present | mate | a real story | | | | | 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 {#o1} Yes, facts are boring ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t19:o1:1 # text = Yes, facts are boring 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | facts | | | | | boring *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, only stories count ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t19:o2:1 # text = Yes, only stories count 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 count count VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | present | stories | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, non-fiction gives true facts and is real reading ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t19:o3:1 # text = No, non-fiction gives true facts and is real reading 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 non-fiction non-fiction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 reading reading NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | non-fiction | true facts | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | present | non-fiction *not said here* | real reading | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, but only fiction is true, and non-fiction is just made up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:259-library-and-books:t19:o4:1 # text = No, but only fiction is true, and non-fiction is just made up 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fiction fiction NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 non-fiction non-fiction NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 parataxis _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | fiction | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make up** | present · passive | | non-fiction | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot | **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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