Test 1 · Poetry: rhyme and rhythm Tom, Gen Alpha, says "Poems are mid, they don't even rhyme sometimes." ("Mid" means not very good.) What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom, Poems, Mid, truth · What happens: say, be, not rhyme, not mean · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 45 «Poetry: rhyme and rhythm» 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: Tom, Gen Alpha, says "Poems are mid, they don't even rhyme sometimes."
nsubj punct compound conj punct punct nsubj cop ccomp punct nsubj aux advmod advmod conj advmod punct punct root Tom PROPN , PUNCT Gen PROPN Alpha PROPN , PUNCT says VERB " PUNCT Poems NOUN are AUX mid ADJ , PUNCT they PRON do AUX n't PART even ADV rhyme VERB sometimes ADV . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 6 says nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 Alpha punct 3 Gen Gen PROPN Number=Sing 4 Alpha compound 4 Alpha Alpha PROPN Number=Sing 1 Tom conj 5 , , PUNCT _ 1 Tom punct 6 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 " " PUNCT _ 10 mid punct 8 Poems poem NOUN Number=Plur 10 mid nsubj 9 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 mid cop 10 mid mid ADJ Degree=Pos 6 says ccomp 11 , , PUNCT _ 16 rhyme punct 12 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 rhyme nsubj 13 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 rhyme aux 14 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 16 rhyme advmod 15 even even ADV _ 16 rhyme advmod 16 rhyme rhyme VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 mid conj 17 sometimes sometimes ADV PronType=Ind 16 rhyme advmod 18 . . PUNCT _ 10 mid punct 19 " " PUNCT _ 10 mid punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Tom and Gen Alpha vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present Poems mid property tree rules 3 not rhyme in a quote present · do-support Poems = poem sometimes property vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
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: ("Mid" means not very good.)
punct punct nsubj punct advmod advmod xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Mid PROPN " PUNCT means VERB not PART very ADV good ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Mid punct 3 Mid Mid PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Mid punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 means advmod 7 very very ADV _ 8 good advmod 8 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not mean present Mid good property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What is the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 A poem that doesn't rhyme is not a real poem
det nsubj nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl cop advmod det amod root A DET poem NOUN that PRON does AUX n't PART rhyme VERB is AUX not PART a DET real ADJ poem NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 poem det 2 poem poem NOUN Number=Sing 11 poem nsubj 3 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 rhyme nsubj 4 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 rhyme aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 rhyme advmod 6 rhyme rhyme VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 poem acl:relcl 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 poem cop 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 11 poem advmod 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 poem det 10 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 11 poem amod 11 poem poem NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not rhyme present · do-support a poem vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient 2 not is a present a poem a real poem tree rules
Option 2 Only bad poets forget to add rhymes
advmod amod nsubj mark xcomp obj root Only ADV bad ADJ poets NOUN forget VERB to PART add VERB rhymes NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 3 poets advmod 2 bad bad ADJ Degree=Pos 3 poets amod 3 poets poet NOUN Number=Plur 4 forget nsubj 4 forget forget VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 to to PART _ 6 add mark 6 add add VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 forget xcomp 7 rhymes rhyme NOUN Number=Plur 6 add obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 forget present bad poets tree rules 2 not add speech: assert to-infinitive bad poets not said here rhymes vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rhyme=Patient
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Many poems use rhythm and images instead of rhyme
amod nsubj obj cc conj case fixed obl root Many ADJ poems NOUN use VERB rhythm NOUN and CCONJ images NOUN instead ADV of ADP rhyme NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Many many ADJ Degree=Pos 2 poems amod 2 poems poem NOUN Number=Plur 3 use nsubj 3 use use VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 rhythm rhythm NOUN Number=Sing 3 use obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 images cc 6 images image NOUN Number=Plur 4 rhythm conj 7 instead instead ADV ExtPos=ADP 9 rhyme case 8 of of ADP _ 7 instead fixed 9 rhyme rhyme NOUN Number=Sing 3 use obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 use present Many poems rhythm and images instead rhyme vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rhythm=Patient
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice All poems rhyme if you read them faster
det nsubj mark nsubj ccomp obj advmod root All DET poems NOUN rhyme VERB if SCONJ you PRON read VERB them PRON faster ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 All all DET PronType=Tot 2 poems det 2 poems poem NOUN Number=Plur 3 rhyme nsubj 3 rhyme rhyme VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 if if SCONJ _ 6 read mark 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 6 read nsubj 6 read read VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 rhyme ccomp 7 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 read obj 8 faster fast ADV Degree=Cmp 6 read advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 rhyme present all poems tree rules 2 read a condition, not said to happen present you poems = poem fast property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic
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