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title: ★★★ Which sentence uses evidence, not just opinion, to persuade? — Writing to inform, instruct and persuade · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Which sentence uses evidence, not just opinion, to persuade? Test 6 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Writing to inform, instruct and persuade

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
★★★ Which sentence uses evidence, not just opinion, to persuade?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★ · **What happens:** use, persuade · **To what, where:** evidence

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t6:1
# text = ★★★ Which sentence uses evidence, not just opinion, to persuade?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	sentence	sentence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	persuade	persuade	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | ★ ★ ★ | evidence and opinion |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Patient |
| 2 | **persuade** | to-infinitive | ★ ★ ★ *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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The park is the best place in the whole world, honestly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t6:o1:1
# text = The park is the best place in the whole world, honestly.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the park | the best place |  | the whole world |  | honestly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Closing the park would be a really, really bad idea.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t6:o2:1
# text = Closing the park would be a really, really bad idea.
1	Closing	close	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	really	really	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | gerund |  | the park |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent park=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | would | Closing | a bad idea |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Last year 300 people signed a petition to keep the park.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t6:o3:1
# text = Last year 300 people signed a petition to keep the park.
1	Last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	300	300	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	signed	sign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** | past | people | a petition |  |  | year |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent petition=Destination |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | people *not said here* | the park |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent park=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Everybody knows that parks are better than car parks.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t6:o4:1
# text = Everybody knows that parks are better than car parks.
1	Everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	parks	park	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	ccomp	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	parks	park	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | Everybody |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | parks |  |  |  |  | than car parks; good *property* | tree rules |

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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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