--- title: A lad in Cork says "Yer man's story starts with a dragon and never h… — Openings that hook the reader · tree and pragmatics description: A lad in Cork says "Yer man's story starts with a dragon and never has one again." ("Yer man" means that fella.) What is wrong? 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What is wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lad, story, man · **What happens:** say, start, not have, mean, be · **To what, where:** one, fella · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A lad in Cork says "Yer man's story starts with a dragon and never has one again." ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t8:1 # text = A lad in Cork says "Yer man's story starts with a dragon and never has one again." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Cork Cork PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Yer yer PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 starts start VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obj _ _ 19 again again ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a lad in Cork | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **start** *in a quote* | present | Yer's man's story | | | | | with a dragon | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with dragon=Subeventuality | | 3 | **not** **have** *in a quote* | present | a lad in Cork *not said here* | one | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | 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:* ("Yer man" means that fella.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t8:2 # text = ("Yer man" means that fella.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Yer yer PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 8 fella fella NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Yer's man | that fella | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fella=Topic | *Sentence 3:* What is wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t8:3 # text = What is wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Nothing, any hook at all is fine to use ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t8:o1:1 # text = Nothing, any hook at all is fine to use 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 csubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **use** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Dragons are banned in all school stories ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t8:o2:1 # text = Dragons are banned in all school stories 1 Dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 banned ban VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 6 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ban** | present · passive | | Dragons | | all school stories | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The hook doesn't belong to the story ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t8:o3:1 # text = The hook doesn't belong to the story 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 belong belong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **belong** | present · do-support | the hook | | | | | to the story | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Stories need at least two dragons to work ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t8:o4:1 # text = Stories need at least two dragons to work 1 Stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 need need VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 nmod _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present | Stories | two dragons | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dragon=Theme | | 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | Stories *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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