--- title: Select the response consistent with established principles of suspen… — Building tension and suspense · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response consistent with established principles of suspense. Exam question 3 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/42-building-tension-and-suspense/e3/) [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/) / [Building tension and suspense](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/42-building-tension-and-suspense/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Building tension and suspense Select the response consistent with established principles of suspense. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish · **To what, where:** consistent This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:42-building-tension-and-suspense:e3:1 # text = Select the response consistent with established principles of suspense. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 principles principle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 suspense suspense NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consistent | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consistent=Theme | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | 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 {#o1} All information is supplied to the reader at the outset ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:42-building-tension-and-suspense:e3:o1:1 # text = All information is supplied to the reader at the outset 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 supplied supply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 outset outset NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **supply** | present · passive | | all information | the reader | the outset | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to reader=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The threat is described fully in the first sentence ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:42-building-tension-and-suspense:e3:o2:1 # text = The threat is described fully in the first sentence 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 threat threat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 fully fully ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 9 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present · passive | | the threat | | the first sentence | | fully *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The narrative avoids all uncertainty ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:42-building-tension-and-suspense:e3:o3:1 # text = The narrative avoids all uncertainty 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 avoids avoid VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 uncertainty uncertainty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **avoid** | present | the narrative | all uncertainty | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent uncertainty=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Information concerning the threat is withheld from the reader ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:42-building-tension-and-suspense:e3:o4:1 # text = Information concerning the threat is withheld from the reader 1 Information information NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 acl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 threat threat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 withheld withhold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **concern** | gerund | Information *not said here* | the threat | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus threat=Experiencer | | 2 | **withhold** | present · passive | | Information | | the reader | | | tree rules | **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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