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title: Select the response consistent with established conventions of persu… — Writing to inform, instruct and persuade · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with established conventions of persuasive correspondence. Exam question 3 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 
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# Exam question 3 · Writing to inform, instruct and persuade

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Select the response consistent with established conventions of persuasive correspondence.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish · **To what, where:** consistent

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with established conventions of persuasive correspondence.
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	conventions	convention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	persuasive	persuasive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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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Reasons and evidence presented in a courteous register

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:e3:o1:1
# text = Reasons and evidence presented in a courteous register
1	Reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	courteous	courteous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	register	register	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | participle |  | Reasons and evidence *not said here* |  | a courteous register |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Slang presented in an informal register

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:e3:o2:1
# text = Slang presented in an informal register
1	Slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	informal	informal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	register	register	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | participle |  | Slang *not said here* |  | a informal register |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rhymes presented in a lyrical register

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:e3:o3:1
# text = Rhymes presented in a lyrical register
1	Rhymes	rhyme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	lyrical	lyrical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	register	register	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | participle |  | Rhymes *not said here* |  | a lyrical register |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Threats presented in an emphatic register

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:e3:o4:1
# text = Threats presented in an emphatic register
1	Threats	threat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	emphatic	emphatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	register	register	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | participle |  | Threats *not said here* |  | a emphatic register |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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