Test 9 · ★★ · Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries Mia writes a persuasive letter: «Give us a pet hamster. It's good.» How could she make it more persuasive?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, hamster · What happens: write, give, be, make · To what, where: persuasive letter, pet hamster, us, hamster
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 24 «Persuasive letters, newspaper articles and diaries» 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 .
The question Sentence 1: Mia writes a persuasive letter: «Give us a pet hamster.
nsubj det amod obj punct punct conj iobj det compound obj punct root Mia PROPN writes VERB a DET persuasive ADJ letter NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT Give VERB us PRON a DET pet NOUN hamster NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 2 writes nsubj 2 writes write VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 letter det 4 persuasive persuasive ADJ Degree=Pos 5 letter amod 5 letter letter NOUN Number=Sing 2 writes obj 6 : : PUNCT _ 8 Give punct 7 « « PUNCT _ 8 Give punct 8 Give give VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 writes conj 9 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 Give iobj 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 hamster det 11 pet pet NOUN Number=Sing 12 hamster compound 12 hamster hamster NOUN Number=Sing 8 Give obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 writes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write present Mia a persuasive letter vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme 2 give in a quote infinitive Mia not said here a pet hamster us vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient hamster=Theme
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.
Sentence 2: It's good.»
nsubj cop punct punct root It PRON 's AUX good ADJ . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 good nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 good cop 3 good good ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 good punct 5 » » PUNCT _ 3 good punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present hamster good property tree rules
Sentence 3: How could she make it more persuasive?
advmod aux nsubj obj advmod xcomp punct root How ADV could AUX she PRON make VERB it PRON more ADV persuasive ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 4 make advmod 2 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 make aux 3 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 make nsubj 4 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 make obj 6 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 7 persuasive advmod 7 persuasive persuasive ADJ Degree=Pos 4 make xcomp 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 make punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make could Mia hamster persuasive property vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Write it all in capitals
obj det case obl root Write VERB it PRON all DET in ADP capitals NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Write write VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Write obj 3 all all DET PronType=Tot 2 it det 4 in in ADP _ 5 capitals case 5 capitals capital NOUN Number=Plur 1 Write obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write imperative you not said here it capitals vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in capital=Destination
Option 2 Add «Dear Diary» at the start of the letter
punct amod obj punct case det obl case det nmod root Add VERB « PUNCT Dear ADJ Diary PROPN » PUNCT at ADP the DET start NOUN of ADP the DET letter NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Add add VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 « « PUNCT _ 4 Diary punct 3 Dear dear ADJ Degree=Pos 4 Diary amod 4 Diary Diary PROPN Number=Sing 1 Add obj 5 » » PUNCT _ 4 Diary punct 6 at at ADP _ 8 start case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 start det 8 start start NOUN Number=Sing 1 Add obl 9 of of ADP _ 11 letter case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 letter det 11 letter letter NOUN Number=Sing 8 start nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 add speech: assert imperative you not said here Dear Diary the start of the letter vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diary=Patient 2 start the letter nom start «event transitive»: of=patient
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Give reasons, like «it teaches us to care»
obj punct mark punct nsubj advcl obj mark parataxis punct root Give VERB reasons NOUN , PUNCT like SCONJ « PUNCT it PRON teaches VERB us PRON to PART care VERB » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Give give VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 reasons reason NOUN Number=Plur 1 Give obj 3 , , PUNCT _ 7 teaches punct 4 like like SCONJ _ 7 teaches mark 5 « « PUNCT _ 7 teaches punct 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 teaches nsubj 7 teaches teach VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 care advcl 8 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 7 teaches obj 9 to to PART _ 10 care mark 10 care care VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Give parataxis 11 » » PUNCT _ 1 Give punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give imperative you not said here reasons tree rules 2 teach speech: other in a quote present it us vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient 3 care in a quote to-infinitive vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Option 4 Make it shorter still
obj xcomp advmod root Make VERB it PRON shorter ADJ still ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Make obj 3 shorter short ADJ Degree=Cmp 1 Make xcomp 4 still still ADV _ 1 Make advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make imperative you not said here it still short property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
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