--- title: ★★★ Which non-fiction opening is a surprising fact? — Openings that hook the reader · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Which non-fiction opening is a surprising fact? Test 9 · ★ 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 was right. --- [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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Openings that hook the reader ★★★ Which non-fiction opening is a surprising fact? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ non-fiction opening · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** surprising fact This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t9:1 # text = ★★★ Which non-fiction opening is a surprising fact? 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 4 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 5 det _ _ 5 non-fiction non-fiction NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 opening opening NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 surprising surprising ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | ★ non-fiction opening | a surprising fact | | | | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A blue whale's heart is as big as a small car. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t9:o1:1 # text = A blue whale's heart is as big as a small car. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 whale whale NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | a blue whale's heart | | | | | as a small car; big *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} I like whales very much, they are my favourite. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t9:o2:1 # text = I like whales very much, they are my favourite. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | I | whales | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot whale=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | whales *= whale* | | | | | favourite *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Whales are large animals that live in the sea. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t9:o3:1 # text = Whales are large animals that live in the sea. 1 Whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Whales | large animals | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **live** | present | large animals | | | the sea | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Here is my report on whales. ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:40-openings-that-hook-the-reader:t9:o4:1 # text = Here is my report on whales. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | my report on whales | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **report** | | my | | | | | on whales | nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent on=obl | **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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