Exam question 3 · Writing to inform, instruct and persuade

Select the response consistent with established conventions of persuasive correspondence.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish · To what, where: consistent

This is exam question 3 of lesson 44 «Writing to inform, instruct and persuade» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consistent	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl:unmarked
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 conventions	case
6	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 conventions	amod
7	conventions	convention	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 correspondence	case
9	persuasive	persuasive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 correspondence	amod
10	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conventions	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the consistent					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consistent=Theme
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Reasons and evidence presented in a courteous register

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reasons	reason	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 evidence	cc
3	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Reasons	conj
4	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Reasons	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 register	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 register	det
7	courteous	courteous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 register	amod
8	register	register	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	participle		Reasons and evidence not said here		a courteous register			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Slang presented in an informal register

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Slang	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 register	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 register	det
5	informal	informal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 register	amod
6	register	register	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	participle		Slang not said here		a informal register			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Rhymes presented in a lyrical register

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rhymes	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Rhymes	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 register	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 register	det
5	lyrical	lyrical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 register	amod
6	register	register	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	participle		Rhymes not said here		a lyrical register			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Threats presented in an emphatic register

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Threats	threat	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Threats	acl
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 register	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 register	det
5	emphatic	emphatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 register	amod
6	register	register	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	participle		Threats not said here		a emphatic register			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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