--- title: Which reason for learning to write is the strongest? — The future: hopes · tree and pragmatics description: Which reason for learning to write is the strongest? Test 9 of lesson 24 «The future: hopes» of the AI 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/ai/24-future-hopes/t9/) [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/) / [AI](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/) / [The future: hopes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ai/24-future-hopes/) / t9 # Test 9 · The future: hopes Which reason for learning to write is the strongest? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** reason · **What happens:** learn, write, be This is test 9 of lesson 24 «The future: hopes» of the AI 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/ai/24-future-hopes/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t9:1 # text = Which reason for learning to write is the strongest? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 for for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 learning learn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | gerund | which reason *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **write** | to-infinitive | which reason *not said here* | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | which reason | | | | | strong *property* | 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} Writing is needed to switch on AI ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t9:o1:1 # text = Writing is needed to switch on AI 1 Writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 needed need VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 switch switch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 AI ai NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present · passive | | Writing | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **switch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Writing *not said here* | | | AI | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Writing makes your hand stronger ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t9:o2:1 # text = Writing makes your hand stronger 1 Writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | Writing | your hand | | | | strong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset hand=Product | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Writing helps you think clearly ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t9:o3:1 # text = Writing helps you think clearly 1 Writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | Writing | you | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | clearly *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Writing is only for old-fashioned letters ```conllu # sent_id = question:ai:24-future-hopes:t9:o4:1 # text = Writing is only for old-fashioned letters 1 Writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 fashioned fashioned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Writing | | | | | for fashioned letters | tree rules | **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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