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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.'

nmod:possnsubjpunctamodpunctpunctpunctnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjpunctnsubjcopdetconjpunctpunctrootYourPRONbrotherNOUN,PUNCTdeadADJsarkyADJ:PUNCT"PUNCT'PUNCTIPRONloveVERBmyPRONdogNOUN,PUNCThePRONisAUXaDETfrogNOUN.PUNCT'PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 brothernmod:poss
2brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing5 sarkynsubj
3,,PUNCT_2 brotherpunct
4deaddeadADJDegree=Pos5 sarkyamod
5sarkysarkyADJDegree=Posrootroot
6::PUNCT_10 lovepunct
7""PUNCT_10 lovepunct
8''PUNCT_10 lovepunct
9IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs10 lovensubj
10loveloveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 sarkyparataxis
11mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 dognmod:poss
12dogdogNOUNNumber=Sing10 loveobj
13,,PUNCT_17 frogpunct
14hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs17 frognsubj
15isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin17 frogcop
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art17 frogdet
17frogfrogNOUNNumber=Sing10 loveconj
18..PUNCT_5 sarkypunct
19''PUNCT_5 sarkypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1love in a quotepresentImy dogvn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus
2is a in a quotepresentbrothera frogtree 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."

compoundpunctpunctpunctrootGeniusPROPN,PUNCTmateNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1GeniusGeniusPROPNNumber=Sing3 matecompound
2,,PUNCT_1 Geniuspunct
3matemateNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4..PUNCT_3 matepunct
5""PUNCT_3 matepunct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: What is he mocking?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXhePRONmockingVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 mockingobj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 mockingaux
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 mockingnsubj
4mockingmockVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 mockingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1mockpresent · progressivebrothervn 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

detnsubjacl:relcldetobjrootADETrhymeNOUNthatPRONmakesVERBnoDETsenseNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 rhymedet
2rhymerhymeNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3thatthatPRONPronType=Rel4 makesnsubj
4makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 rhymeacl:relcl
5nonoDETPronType=Neg6 sensedet
6sensesenseNOUNNumber=Sing4 makesobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresenta rhymeno sensevn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sense=Product

Option 2

A poem with no rhyme

detcasedetnmodrootADETpoemNOUNwithADPnoDETrhymeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 poemdet
2poempoemNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3withwithADP_5 rhymecase
4nonoDETPronType=Neg5 rhymedet
5rhymerhymeNOUNNumber=Sing2 poemnmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A very slow rhythm

detadvmodamodrootADETveryADVslowADJrhythmNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 rhythmdet
2veryveryADV_3 slowadvmod
3slowslowADJDegree=Pos4 rhythmamod
4rhythmrhythmNOUNNumber=Singrootroot

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A poem that is too long

detnsubjcopadvmodacl:relclrootADETpoemNOUNthatPRONisAUXtooADVlongADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 poemdet
2poempoemNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3thatthatPRONPronType=Rel6 longnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 longcop
5tootooADV_6 longadvmod
6longlongADJDegree=Pos2 poemacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenta poemlong propertytree 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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