--- title: ★★★ Paper A: «Brave Rovers fought hard but lost 2–1 to lucky City.»… — Persuasive letters, newspaper articles… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Paper A: «Brave Rovers fought hard but lost 2–1 to lucky City.» Paper B: «City deserved their 2–1 win over Rovers.» What is the one fact both agree on? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries ★★★ Paper A: «Brave Rovers fought hard but lost 2–1 to lucky City.» Paper B: «City deserved their 2–1 win over Rovers.» What is the one fact both agree on? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, City, Rovers, one fact · **What happens:** fight, lose, deserve, win, be, agree · **To what, where:** 2, lucky City, 2 win, Rovers This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Paper A: «Brave Rovers fought hard but lost 2–1 to lucky City.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t5:1 # text = ★★★ Paper A: «Brave Rovers fought hard but lost 2–1 to lucky City.» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 4 Paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Rovers Rover PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 14 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 16 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 14 nmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 City City PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** *in a quote* | past | ★ | | | | | hard *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **lose** *in a quote* | past | ★ *not said here* | 2 | lucky City | | | – 1 | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2=Eventuality | 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:* Paper B: «City deserved their 2–1 win over Rovers.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t5:2 # text = Paper B: «City deserved their 2–1 win over Rovers.» 1 Paper paper NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 B B NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 City City PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 deserved deserve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 8 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 10 case _ SpaceAfter=No 10 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nmod _ _ 11 win win NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Rovers rover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deserve** *in a quote* | past | City | Rovers's 2 win | | Rovers | | | tree rules | | 2 | **win** *in a quote* | | Rovers *= rover* | | | | | | nom win «event intransitive»: poss=agent | *Sentence 3:* What is the one fact both agree on? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t5:3 # text = What is the one fact both agree on? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 6 both both ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the one fact | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | the one fact *not said here* | | | | | both *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Rovers were brave ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t5:o1:1 # text = Rovers were brave 1 Rovers rover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Rovers | | | | | brave *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} City were lucky ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t5:o2:1 # text = City were lucky 1 City city NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 lucky lucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | City | | | | | lucky *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} City deserved to win ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t5:o3:1 # text = City deserved to win 1 City City PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 deserved deserve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deserve** | past | City | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | City *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} City won 2–1 ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:24-persuasive-letters-newspaper-articles-and-diaries:t5:o4:1 # text = City won 2–1 1 City city NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 – – SYM SYM ExtPos=ADP 5 case _ SpaceAfter=No 5 1 1 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | City | 2 | | | | – 1 | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2=Eventuality | **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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