--- title: Your brother, dead sarcastic: "Wow, 'It was a dark and stormy night'… — Openings that hook the reader · tree and pragmatics description: Your brother, dead sarcastic: "Wow, 'It was a dark and stormy night'. So original." What is he hinting? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 40 «Openings that hook the reader» 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 wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/40-openings-that-hook-the-reader/t7/) [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/) / [Openings that hook the reader](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/40-openings-that-hook-the-reader/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Openings that hook the reader Your brother, dead sarcastic: "Wow, 'It was a dark and stormy night'. So original." What is he hinting? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sarcastic, he · **What happens:** be, hint · **To what, where:** dark night This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 40 «Openings that hook the reader» 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/40-openings-that-hook-the-reader/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your brother, dead sarcastic: "Wow, 'It was a dark and stormy night'. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t7:1 # text = Your brother, dead sarcastic: "Wow, 'It was a dark and stormy night'. 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sarcastic sarcastic NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 Wow wow INTJ UH _ 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 14 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 stormy stormy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 17 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | sarcastic | a dark night | | | | | tree rules | 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:* So original." ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t7:2 # text = So original." 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What is he hinting? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t7:3 # text = What is he hinting? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 hinting hint VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hint** *speech: other* | present · progressive | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-2 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The opening is too long ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t7:o1:1 # text = The opening is too long 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the opening | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} The opening is very fresh ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t7:o2:1 # text = The opening is very fresh 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the opening | | | | | fresh *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The opening is a question ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t7:o3:1 # text = The opening is a question 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 question question NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the opening | a question | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The opening is a cliché ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t7:o4:1 # text = The opening is a cliché 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cliché cliché NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the opening | a cliché | | | | | tree rules | **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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