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title: Select the planning format most appropriate in respect of a non-chro… — Planning before writing · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the planning format most appropriate in respect of a non-chronological report. Exam question 3 of lesson 39 «Planning before writing» 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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# Exam question 3 · Planning before writing

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Select the planning format most appropriate in respect of a non-chronological report.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, respect · **To what, where:** planning format, respect, non-chronological report

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 39 «Planning before writing» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/39-planning-before-writing/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:e3:1
# text = Select the planning format most appropriate in respect of a non-chronological report.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	planning	planning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	format	format	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	non-chronological	non-chronological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the planning format |  | respect of a non-chronological report |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent format=Theme |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | a non-chronological report |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A sequence of rhyming couplets arranged by stanza

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:e3:o1:1
# text = A sequence of rhyming couplets arranged by stanza
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	rhyming	rhyme	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	couplets	couplet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	stanza	stanza	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rhyme** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **arrange** | participle |  | rhyming couplets *not said here* |  |  |  | by stanza | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by stanza=Destination |

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

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A mind map with a branch for each sub-topic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:e3:o2:1
# text = A mind map with a branch for each sub-topic
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	branch	branch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod	_	_
9	sub-topic	sub-topic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	acl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A single uninterrupted sentence of considerable length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:e3:o3:1
# text = A single uninterrupted sentence of considerable length
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	uninterrupted	uninterrupted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sentence** |  |  | considerable length |  |  |  |  | nom sentence «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A story mountain culminating in a dramatic climax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:e3:o4:1
# text = A story mountain culminating in a dramatic climax
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	culminating	culminate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	climax	climax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **culminate** | gerund | a story mountain *not said here* |  |  | a dramatic climax |  |  | tree rules |

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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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