---
title: ★★★ A leaflet says: «Sunnybay has 3 cafés, a lifeguard and the best… — Persuasive letters, newspaper articles… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ A leaflet says: «Sunnybay has 3 cafés, a lifeguard and the best sand on Earth!» Which part can be checked as a fact? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t4/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Persuasive letters, newspaper articles…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/) / t4

# Test 4 · ★★ · Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
★★★ A leaflet says: «Sunnybay has 3 cafés, a lifeguard and the best sand on Earth!» Which part can be checked as a fact?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, leaflet, Sunnybay · **What happens:** ★, say, have, check · **To what, where:** 3 cafés, part · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries» 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/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/#t4).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* ★★★ A leaflet says: «Sunnybay has 3 cafés, a lifeguard and the best sand on Earth!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t4:1
# text = ★★★ A leaflet says: «Sunnybay has 3 cafés, a lifeguard and the best sand on Earth!»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	leaflet	leaflet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Sunnybay	Sunnybay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
11	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	cafés	café	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	19	amod	_	_
19	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **★** | present | ★ |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a leaflet |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | Sunnybay | 3 cafés |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent café=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* Which part can be checked as a fact?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t4:2
# text = Which part can be checked as a fact?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	checked	check	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | can · passive |  | which part |  |  |  | as a fact | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme as fact=Value |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
None of it, because leaflets never contain facts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t4:o1:1
# text = None of it, because leaflets never contain facts
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	leaflets	leaflet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	contain	contain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **contain** | present | None | facts |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fact=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It has 3 cafés and a lifeguard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t4:o2:1
# text = It has 3 cafés and a lifeguard
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	cafés	café	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | 3 cafés and a lifeguard |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent café=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every part of it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t4:o3:1
# text = Every part of it
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It has the best sand on Earth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t4:o4:1
# text = It has the best sand on Earth
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | the best sand |  | Earth |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Patient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Persuasive letters, newspaper articles…, test 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t3/)
- next →: [Persuasive letters, newspaper articles…, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/t5/)
- ↑ back to [Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries/)