Exam question 3 · Poetry: rhyme and rhythm

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning rhyme and accent.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 45 «Poetry: rhyme and rhythm» 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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rhyme	amod
10	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 facts	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 accent	cc
12	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 rhyme	conj
13	.	.	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 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

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

Whether two words rhyme may depend on the accent of the speaker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	4 rhyme	mark
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 words	nummod
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rhyme	nsubj
4	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 depend	csubj
5	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 depend	aux
6	depend	depend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 accent	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 accent	det
9	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 depend	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 speaker	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 speaker	det
12	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 accent	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	rhyme	present	two words			vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	depend	may			on the accent of the speaker	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on accent=Theme
3	accent			the speaker		nom accent «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Only one accent is permitted in poetry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 one	advmod
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 accent	nummod
3	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 permitted	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 permitted	aux:pass
5	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 poetry	case
7	poetry	poetry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 permitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		one accent		poetry			vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in poetry=Location

Option 3

All words rhyme identically in every accent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rhyme	nsubj
3	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	identically	identically	ADV	_	3 rhyme	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 accent	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 accent	det
7	accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rhyme	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rhyme	present	all words			every accent		identically property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Accent has no bearing on the sound of words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Accent	accent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 bearing	det
4	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 sound	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sound	det
7	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bearing	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 words	case
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sound	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Accent	no bearing		the sound of words			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient

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