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Test 3 · ★ · Openings that hook the reader

In a cartoon, a book's first page is just "Blah blah blah, the end." What would a writing teacher say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: first page, book, writing teacher · What happens: be, page, say · To what, where: Blah blah blah, cartoon · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 40 «Openings that hook the reader» 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: In a cartoon, a book's first page is just "Blah blah blah, the end."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 blah	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 book	det
6	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 page	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 book	case
8	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 page	amod
9	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 blah	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 blah	cop
11	just	just	ADV	_	15 blah	advmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 blah	punct
13	Blah	blah	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 blah	amod
14	blah	blah	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 blah	compound
15	blah	blah	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 end	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 end	det
18	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 blah	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 blah	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 blah	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	a book's first page	Blah blah blah and the end		a cartoon			tree rules
2	page		a book						nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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: What would a writing teacher say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 teacher	det
4	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 teacher	compound
5	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	would	a writing teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Books should only have one page

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 page	nummod
6	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	should	Books	one page					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent page=Patient

Option 2

It is perfect because it is short

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 perfect	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 perfect	cop
3	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 short	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 short	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 short	cop
7	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 perfect	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					perfect property	tree rules
2	is	present	it					short property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It needs a hook and a real story

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	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 hook	det
4	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 story	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 story	det
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 story	amod
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hook	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	It	a hook and a real story					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hook=Theme

Option 4

It needs more blahs to be funny

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	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 blahs	amod
4	blahs	blah	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 needs	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 funny	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 funny	cop
7	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 needs	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	It	more blahs					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot blah=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive						funny property	tree rules

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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