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description: ★★ An author writes: «Run. Hide. Now.» Why use three very short sentences? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 21 «Author's choices: why this word, why this way» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Author's choices: why this word, why this way

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★★ An author writes: «Run. Hide. Now.» Why use three very short sentences?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** write, run, use · **To what, where:** three short sentences

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 21 «Author's choices: why this word, why this way» 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/21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★ An author writes: «Run.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t3:1
# text = ★★ An author writes: «Run.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	writes	write	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | ★ ★ a author |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **run** *in a quote* | infinitive | ★ ★ a author *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* Hide.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t3:2
# text = Hide.
1	Hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* Now.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t3:3
# text = Now.»
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 4:* Why use three very short sentences?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t3:4
# text = Why use three very short sentences?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sentences	sentence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present |  | three short sentences |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To save ink, because ink costs a lot of money for the people who print books

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t3:o1:1
# text = To save ink, because ink costs a lot of money for the people who print books
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
3	ink	ink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	ink	ink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	print	print	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | to-infinitive | ink *not said here* | ink |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ink=Theme |
| 2 | **cost** | present | ink | a lot of money |  |  |  | for the people | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme lot=Value |
| 3 | **print** | present | the people | books |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because the author can't write long sentences

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t3:o2:1
# text = Because the author can't write long sentences
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sentences	sentence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **write** | can | the author | long sentences |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To make it feel urgent and fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t3:o3:1
# text = To make it feel urgent and fast
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	urgent	urgent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 2 | **feel** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | urgent *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To make it calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t3:o4:1
# text = To make it calm
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | it |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

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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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