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Test 2 · ★★ · Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer

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

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

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.

The question

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reggie	Reggie	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Alpha	punct
3	Gen	Gen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Alpha	compound
4	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Reggie	appos
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 copy	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 copy	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 copy	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 copy	aux
9	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Reggie	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 chapter	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 chapter	amod
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 chapter	amod
13	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 copy	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 book	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 book	det
16	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chapter	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 giving	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 giving	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 giving	aux
20	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 copy	advcl
21	genius	genius	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 giving	obj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 giving	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 giving	punct

#	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

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.

Sentence 2: What is the problem?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 problem	det
4	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That's copying; borrow techniques, not words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 copying	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 copying	aux
3	copying	copy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 borrow	punct
5	borrow	borrow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 copying	parataxis
6	techniques	technique	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 borrow	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 words	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 words	advmod
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 copying	obl

#	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

He should copy out two whole chapters instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 copy	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 copy	aux
3	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 copy	advmod
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 chapters	nummod
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chapters	amod
7	chapters	chapter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 copy	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 copy	advmod

#	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

Nothing, as long as he changes the title first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 changes	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 changes	advmod
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 changes	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 changes	nsubj
7	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 title	det
9	title	title	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changes	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 changes	advmod

#	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

Nothing, because copying is reading like a writer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 reading	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 reading	mark
4	copying	copying	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reading	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 reading	aux
6	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Nothing	conj
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 writer	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 writer	det
9	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reading	obl

#	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

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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