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title: ★★★ Which plan fits a letter to a head teacher asking for a longer b… — Planning before writing · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Which plan fits a letter to a head teacher asking for a longer break? Test 8 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 right.
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# Test 8 · Planning before writing

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★★★ Which plan fits a letter to a head teacher asking for a longer break?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, letter · **What happens:** fit, ask · **To what, where:** letter, head teacher

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This is test 8 of lesson 39 «Planning before writing» 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/39-planning-before-writing/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t8:1
# text = ★★★ Which plan fits a letter to a head teacher asking for a longer break?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
6	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	amod	_	_
17	break	break	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | ★ ★ ★  which plan | a letter | a head teacher |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient to teacher=Goal |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | a letter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a longer break | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Opening, monster attack, escape, ending

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t8:o1:1
# text = Opening, monster attack, escape, ending
1	Opening	open	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	monster	monster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rhyme, rhythm, verse, chorus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t8:o2:1
# text = Rhyme, rhythm, verse, chorus
1	Rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	chorus	chorus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Character, setting, dragon, twist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t8:o3:1
# text = Character, setting, dragon, twist
1	Character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	setting	set	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	twist	twist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Reason 1, reason 2, reason 3, polite request

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:39-planning-before-writing:t8:o4:1
# text = Reason 1, reason 2, reason 3, polite request
1	Reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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