Test 7 · Poetry: rhyme and rhythm
Your brother, dead sarky: "'I love my dog, he is a frog.' Genius, mate." What is he mocking?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, brother · What happens: love, be, mock · To what, where: dog, frog
This is test 7 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: Your brother, dead sarky: "'I love my dog, he is a frog.'
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sarky | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 brother | punct |
| 4 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sarky | amod |
| 5 | sarky | sarky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 love | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 love | punct |
| 8 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 love | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 love | nsubj |
| 10 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sarky | parataxis |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 dog | nmod:poss |
| 12 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 love | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 frog | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 frog | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 frog | cop |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 frog | det |
| 17 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 love | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sarky | punct |
| 19 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 5 sarky | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love in a quote | present | I | my dog | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | brother | a frog | tree rules |
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: Genius, mate."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Genius | Genius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Genius | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What is he mocking?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mocking | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mocking | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mocking | nsubj |
| 4 | mocking | mock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mocking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mock | present · progressive | brother | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A rhyme that makes no sense
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rhyme | det |
| 2 | rhyme | rhyme | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 rhyme | acl:relcl |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 sense | det |
| 6 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a rhyme | no sense | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product |
Option 2
A poem with no rhyme
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 | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 rhyme | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 rhyme | det |
| 5 | rhyme | rhyme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 poem | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A very slow rhythm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 rhythm | det |
| 2 | very | very | ADV | _ | 3 slow | advmod |
| 3 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rhythm | amod |
| 4 | rhythm | rhythm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A poem that is too long
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 | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 long | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 long | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 long | advmod |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 poem | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a poem | long property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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