Test 2 · Poetry: rhyme and rhythm
★★★ "All the king's horses and all the king's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again." In which accent do "men" and "again" rhyme?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: horses · What happens: not put, do · To what, where: Humpty, men, accent
This is test 2 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: ★★★ "All the king's horses and all the king's men / Couldn't put Humpty together again."
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 | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 put | punct |
| 5 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 horses | det:predet |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 horses | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 king | case |
| 9 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 put | nsubj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 men | cc |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 king | det:predet |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 men | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 king | case |
| 15 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 horses | conj |
| 16 | / | / | PUNCT | _ | 9 horses | punct |
| 17 | Could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 put | aux |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 put | advmod |
| 19 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 ★ | conj |
| 20 | Humpty | Humpty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 put | obj |
| 21 | together | together | ADV | _ | 19 put | advmod |
| 22 | again | again | ADV | _ | 19 put | advmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not put in a quote | could | the king's horses and all king's men | Humpty | again | together property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent humpty=Goal |
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: In which accent do "men" and "again" rhyme?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 accent | case |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 accent | det |
| 3 | accent | accent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 men | punct |
| 6 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 do | obj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 men | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 rhyme | cc |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 again | punct |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 12 rhyme | advmod |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 again | punct |
| 12 | rhyme | rhyme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 men | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | men and rhyme | which accent | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only when you whisper the poem
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 whisper | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 4 whisper | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 whisper | nsubj |
| 4 | whisper | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 poem | det |
| 6 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 whisper | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: assert | present | you | the poem | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
One where "again" sounds like "a-gen"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 sounds | advmod |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 again | punct |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 sounds | advmod |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 again | punct |
| 6 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 One | advcl |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 gen | case |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 gen | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 gen | det |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 a | punct |
| 11 | gen | gen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sounds | obl |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 gen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | again | like a gen | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
One where "men" sounds like "moon"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 sounds | advmod |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 men | punct |
| 4 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sounds | nsubj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 men | punct |
| 6 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 One | advcl |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 moon | case |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 moon | punct |
| 9 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sounds | obl |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 moon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | men | like moon | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
No accent at all, they never rhyme
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 accent | det |
| 2 | accent | accent | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 accent | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 accent | punct |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 rhyme | nsubj |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 rhyme | advmod |
| 8 | rhyme | rhyme | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 accent | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not rhyme | present | they | no accent at all not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent accent=Patient |
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