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title: ★★★ Which set of features belongs to a newspaper report and NOT to i… — Writing to inform, instruct and persuade · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Which set of features belongs to a newspaper report and NOT to instructions? Test 2 · ★★ 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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# Test 2 · ★★ · Writing to inform, instruct and persuade

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★★★ Which set of features belongs to a newspaper report and NOT to instructions?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★ · **What happens:** belong

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 44 «Writing to inform, instruct and persuade» 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/44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t2:1
# text = ★★★ Which set of features belongs to a newspaper report and NOT to instructions?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	features	feature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	NOT	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	TO	_	16	case	_	_
16	instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **belong** | present | ★ ★ ★ |  |  |  |  | to a newspaper report and instructions | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=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 {#o1}

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Present tense, "you", a goal at the top

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t2:o1:1
# text = Present tense, "you", a goal at the top
1	Present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	tense	tense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Time order, short sentences, a title

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t2:o2:1
# text = Time order, short sentences, a title
1	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sentences	sentence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	title	title	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Numbered steps, bossy verbs, list of equipment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t2:o3:1
# text = Numbered steps, bossy verbs, list of equipment
1	Numbered	number	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	bossy	bossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	verbs	verb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	equipment	equipment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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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 | **list** |  |  | equipment |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Headline, past tense, quotes from witnesses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t2:o4:1
# text = Headline, past tense, quotes from witnesses
1	Headline	headline	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tense	tense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	quotes	quote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	witnesses	witness	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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