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title: Select the response that most accurately characterises a "twist". — Putting it together: reading and writi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that most accurately characterises a "twist". Exam question 2 of lesson 54 «Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer» 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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# Exam question 2 · Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer

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Select the response that most accurately characterises a "twist".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, most · **What happens:** select, characteris · **To what, where:** response, twist

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 54 «Putting it together: reading and writing like a writer» 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/54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e2:1
# text = Select the response that most accurately characterises a "twist".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	twist	twist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	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 response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | most | a twist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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An opening designed to engage the reader

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e2:o1:1
# text = An opening designed to engage the reader
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	designed	design	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	engage	engage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **design** | participle · passive |  | a opening |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **engage** | to-infinitive |  | the reader |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reader=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A description of the weather of the setting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e2:o2:1
# text = A description of the weather of the setting
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** |  |  | the weather of the setting |  |  |  |  | nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **weather** |  |  | the setting |  |  |  |  | nom weather «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A list of characters set before the text

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e2:o3:1
# text = A list of characters set before the text
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	characters	character	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | participle |  | characters *not said here* |  | the text |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent before text=Destination |
| 2 | **list** |  |  | characters |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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A surprise that alters the story's meaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:54-reading-and-writing-like-a-writer:e2:o4:1
# text = A surprise that alters the story's meaning
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	alters	alter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | present | a surprise | the story's meaning |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** |  | the story |  |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: poss=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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