Test 6 · ★★ · Writing to inform, instruct and persuade

★★★ Which sentence uses evidence, not just opinion, to persuade?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★ · What happens: use, persuade · To what, where: evidence

This is test 6 · ★★ 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 uses	nsubj
4	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 sentence	det
5	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ★	appos
6	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 uses	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 opinion	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 opinion	advmod
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 opinion	advmod
11	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 evidence	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 persuade	punct
13	to	to	PART	_	14 persuade	mark
14	persuade	persuade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 uses	advcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	★ ★ ★	evidence and opinion					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evidence=Patient
2	persuade	to-infinitive	★ ★ ★ not said here						vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

The park is the best place in the whole world, honestly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 park	det
2	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 place	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 place	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 place	det
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 place	amod
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 world	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 world	amod
10	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 place	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 honestly	punct
12	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	6 place	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 place	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the park	the best place		the whole world		honestly property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Closing the park would be a really, really bad idea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Closing	close	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 idea	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 park	det
3	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Closing	obj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 idea	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 idea	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 idea	det
7	really	really	ADV	_	11 idea	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 idea	punct
9	really	really	ADV	_	11 idea	advmod
10	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 idea	amod
11	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	gerund		the park					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent park=Patient
2	is a	would	Closing	a bad idea					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Last year 300 people signed a petition to keep the park.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 year	amod
2	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 signed	obl:unmarked
3	300	300	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 year	flat
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 signed	nsubj
5	signed	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 petition	det
7	petition	petition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 signed	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 signed	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 park	det
11	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 signed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign	past	people	a petition			year		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent petition=Destination
2	keep	to-infinitive	people not said here	the park					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent park=Theme

Option 4

Everybody knows that parks are better than car parks.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 better	mark
4	parks	park	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 better	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 better	cop
6	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 knows	ccomp
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 parks	case
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 parks	compound
9	parks	park	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 better	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 knows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Everybody						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	parks					than car parks; good property	tree rules

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