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Test 8 · Poetry: rhyme and rhythm

A girl in Texas says "Y'all, I wrote a rap!" Her teacher says "Clap the beat." What will clapping show?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, teacher · What happens: say, write, clap · To what, where: Y'all, rap, beat, show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 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: A girl in Texas says "Y'all, I wrote a rap!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Texas	case
4	Texas	Texas	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Y'all	punct
7	Y'all	Y'all	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wrote	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 wrote	nsubj
10	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 Y'all	acl:relcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 rap	det
12	rap	rap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wrote	obj
13	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 Y'all	punct
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Y'all	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	a girl in Texas	Y'all					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent y'all=Topic
2	write in a quote	past	a girl in Texas = girl	a rap					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rap=Theme

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: Her teacher says "Clap the beat."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 teacher	nmod:poss
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Clap	punct
5	Clap	clap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beat	det
7	beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Clap	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 Clap	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Clap	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	girl's teacher						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	clap in a quote	infinitive		the beat					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location beat=Theme

Sentence 3: What will clapping show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 clapping	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 clapping	aux
3	clapping	clap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 clapping	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 clapping	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clap	future		show					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location show=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Whether the words are slang

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	5 slang	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 words	det
3	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 slang	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 slang	cop
5	slang	slang	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the words	slang					tree rules

Option 2

How many rhymes she spelled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	2 many	advmod
2	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rhymes	amod
3	rhymes	rhyme	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spelled	nsubj
5	spelled	spell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 rhymes	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	participle	she	many rhymes not said here					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent rhyme=Theme

Option 3

Whether her rap is too long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	_	6 long	mark
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 rap	nmod:poss
3	rap	rap	NOUN	Number=Sing	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	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	her rap					long property	tree rules
2	rap		her = she						nom rap «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The rhythm of her lines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rhythm	det
2	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 lines	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 lines	nmod:poss
5	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rhythm	nmod

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

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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