Exam question 3 · Reading poems: meaning, sound and pictures

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning poetry without regular rhyme.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, poetry

This is exam question 3 of lesson 25 «Reading poems: meaning, sound and pictures» 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	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	without	without	ADP	_	13 rhyme	case
12	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rhyme	amod
13	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	poetry	without regular rhyme	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus poetry=Experiencer

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

Such writing is prohibited in schools by order of the examination board

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 writing	amod
2	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 schools	case
6	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 prohibited	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 board	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 board	det
11	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 board	compound
12	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 order	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	order of the examination board	Such writing		schools			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme
2	order			the examination board					nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Such poetry is invariably composed by children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 poetry	amod
2	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 composed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 composed	aux:pass
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 composed	advmod
5	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 children	case
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	present · passive	children	Such poetry				invariably property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

Option 3

Such writing is not poetry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 writing	amod
2	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 poetry	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 poetry	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 poetry	advmod
5	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	Such writing	poetry					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Such poetry, termed free verse, is nonetheless poetry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 poetry	amod
2	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 poetry	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 termed	punct
4	termed	term	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 poetry	acl:relcl
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 verse	amod
6	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 termed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 poetry	punct
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 poetry	cop
9	nonetheless	nonetheless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 poetry	amod
10	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	term	past	Such poetry not said here	free verse					vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme
2	is a	present	Such poetry	nonetheless poetry					tree rules

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