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title: Identify the principal feature of instructional writing. — Writing to inform, instruct and persuade · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal feature of instructional writing. Exam question 1 of lesson 44 «Writing to inform, instruct and persuade» 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 · Writing to inform, instruct and persuade

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Identify the principal feature of instructional writing.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, feature · **To what, where:** principal feature, instructional writing

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 44 «Writing to inform, instruct and persuade» 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/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal feature of instructional writing.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	feature	feature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	instructional	instructional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	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 principal feature of instructional writing |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent feature=Theme |
| 2 | **feature** |  |  | instructional writing |  |  |  |  | nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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A narrative recounted from a single viewpoint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:e1:o1:1
# text = A narrative recounted from a single viewpoint
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	recounted	recount	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	viewpoint	viewpoint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recount** *speech: other* | participle |  | a narrative *not said here* |  | a single viewpoint |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A sequence of numbered steps employing imperative verbs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:e1:o2:1
# text = A sequence of numbered steps employing imperative verbs
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	numbered	number	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	employing	employ	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	imperative	imperative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	verbs	verb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **number** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **employ** | gerund | numbered steps *not said here* | imperative verbs |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verb=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A collection of rhyming couplets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:e1:o3:1
# text = A collection of rhyming couplets
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	rhyming	rhyme	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	couplets	couplet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rhyme** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A balanced discussion of opposing views

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:e1:o4:1
# text = A balanced discussion of opposing views
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	balanced	balanced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	opposing	oppose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	views	view	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oppose** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **discuss** |  |  | opposing views |  |  |  |  | nom discussion «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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