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# Test 1 · ★ · Describing: senses, showing and precise words

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Your mate goes "more adjectives means better writing, bro, just stack 'em." What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, more adjectives, truth · **What happens:** go, mean, stack, be · **To what, where:** better writing, 'em · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise words» 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/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate goes "more adjectives means better writing, bro, just stack 'em."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t1:1
# text = Your mate goes "more adjectives means better writing, bro, just stack 'em."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	adjectives	adjective	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	stack	stack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
15	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | more adjectives | better writing and bro |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent writing=Topic |
| 3 | **stack** *in a quote* | infinitive | more adjectives *not said here* | 'em *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t1:2
# text = What is the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Adjectives are banned in good writing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t1:o1:1
# text = Adjectives are banned in good writing
1	Adjectives	adjective	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	_	6	case	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ban** | present · passive |  | Adjectives |  | good writing |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Only adverbs make writing better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t1:o2:1
# text = Only adverbs make writing better
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	adverbs	adverb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | adverbs | writing |  |  |  | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset writing=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The more adjectives you stack, the better your writing always gets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t1:o3:1
# text = The more adjectives you stack, the better your writing always gets
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	adjectives	adjective	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stack	stack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
9	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	12	advmod	_	_
12	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stack** | present | you | the more adjectives *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent adjective=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | your writing |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **write** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom writing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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One precise word beats a pile of same-meaning ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t1:o4:1
# text = One precise word beats a pile of same-meaning ones
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	beats	beat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | present | One precise word | a pile of meaning ones |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pile=Theme |

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