Test 5 · ★ · Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration

Which line uses alliteration?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: line · What happens: use · To what, where: alliteration

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 46 «Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 line	det
2	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uses	nsubj
3	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 uses	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 uses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	which line	alliteration					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alliteration=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pete's purple parrot pecked a pear.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pete	Pete	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 parrot	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Pete	case
3	purple	purple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 parrot	amod
4	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	pecked	peck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 parrot	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pear	det
7	pear	pear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pecked	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 parrot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peck	participle	Pete's purple parrot not said here	a pear					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pear=Patient

Option 2

The parrot was like a rainbow.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parrot	det
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rainbow	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rainbow	cop
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 rainbow	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rainbow	det
6	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 rainbow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the parrot					like a rainbow	tree rules

Option 3

The parrot squawked: screech!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parrot	det
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squawked	nsubj
3	squawked	squawk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 screech	punct
5	screech	screech	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squawked	obj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 squawked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squawk	past	the parrot	screech					vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent screech=Theme

Option 4

The parrot laughed loudly at the tabby cat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 parrot	det
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughed	nsubj
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	3 laughed	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 cat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cat	det
7	tabby	tabby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cat	compound
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 laughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	the parrot					at the tabby cat; loudly property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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