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# Test 8 · ★★ · Writing to inform, instruct and persuade

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★★★ "First, we lined up. Then the alarm rang. Finally, Mr Ali counted us." What kind of writing is this most likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★ ★, alarm, Mr, kind · **What happens:** line up, ring, count, be · **To what, where:** us

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ "First, we lined up.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t8:1
# text = ★★★ "First, we lined up.
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	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	First	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lined	line	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **line up** *in a quote* | past | ★ ★ ★ |  |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Then the alarm rang.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t8:2
# text = Then the alarm rang.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	alarm	alarm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past | the alarm |  |  |  | then |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Finally, Mr Ali counted us."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t8:3
# text = Finally, Mr Ali counted us."
1	Finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Ali	Ali	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	counted	count	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | past | Mr | us |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |

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*Sentence 4:* What kind of writing is this most likely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t8:4
# text = What kind of writing is this most likely?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | what kind of writing |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A balanced argument

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t8:o1:1
# text = A balanced argument
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	balanced	balanced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	argument	argument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Instructions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t8:o2:1
# text = Instructions
1	Instructions	instruction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A persuasive letter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t8:o3:1
# text = A persuasive letter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	persuasive	persuasive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A recount

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:44-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade:t8:o4:1
# text = A recount
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	recount	recount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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