--- title: What would happen if a story only described what things look like? — Describing: senses, showing and precis… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a story only described what things look like? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 41 «Describing: senses, showing and precise words» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/t4/) [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/) / [Describing: senses, showing and precis…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Describing: senses, showing and precise words What would happen if a story only described what things look like? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** story, things · **What happens:** happen, describe, look This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t4:1 # text = What would happen if a story only described what things look like? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 described describe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 10 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **describe** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a story | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 3 | **look** | present | things | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It would miss the sounds, smells and feelings ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t4:o1:1 # text = It would miss the sounds, smells and feelings 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sounds sound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 smells smell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss** | would | It | the sounds and smells and feelings | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It would be the most vivid story ever written ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t4:o2:1 # text = It would be the most vivid story ever written 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 vivid vivid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 9 advmod _ _ 9 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | would | It | the vivid story | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **write** | participle | | the vivid story *not said here* | | | ever | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would turn into a poem ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t4:o3:1 # text = It would turn into a poem 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | would | It | | | a poem | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into poem=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} Readers would not be able to see anything ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:41-describing-senses-showing-and-precise-words:t4:o4:1 # text = Readers would not be able to see anything 1 Readers reader NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | would | Readers | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Readers *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | **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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