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title: Identify the technique whereby a chapter is concluded at a moment of… — Building tension and suspense · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the technique whereby a chapter is concluded at a moment of unresolved danger. Exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Building tension and suspense» 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.
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# Exam question 1 · Building tension and suspense

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Identify the technique whereby a chapter is concluded at a moment of unresolved danger.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, conclude · **To what, where:** technique, chapter

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Building tension and suspense» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/42-building-tension-and-suspense/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:42-building-tension-and-suspense:e1:1
# text = Identify the technique whereby a chapter is concluded at a moment of unresolved danger.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	technique	technique	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	whereby	whereby	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	unresolved	unresolved	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the technique |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent technique=Theme |
| 2 | **conclude** | present · passive |  | a chapter |  |  | moment | whereby *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A cliffhanger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:42-building-tension-and-suspense:e1:o1:1
# text = A cliffhanger
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cliffhanger	cliffhanger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A topic sentence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:42-building-tension-and-suspense:e1:o2:1
# text = A topic sentence
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	topic	topic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A resolution

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:42-building-tension-and-suspense:e1:o3:1
# text = A resolution
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	resolution	resolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A simile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:42-building-tension-and-suspense:e1:o4:1
# text = A simile
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	simile	simile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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