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Test 6 · ★ · Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration

"Shut up, the wind can't scream, it ain't got a mouth," snaps Ryan. What is the poet doing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wind, poet · What happens: shut up, not scream, not get, snap, do · To what, where: mouth, Ryan

This is test 6 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: "Shut up, the wind can't scream, it ain't got a mouth," snaps Ryan.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Shut	punct
2	Shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 scream	advcl
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 Shut	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Shut	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wind	det
6	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 scream	nsubj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 scream	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 scream	advmod
9	scream	scream	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 got	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 got	nsubj
12	ai	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 got	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 got	advmod
14	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 scream	parataxis
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 mouth	det
16	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 got	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 snaps	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 snaps	punct
19	snaps	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 scream	conj
20	Ryan	Ryan	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 snaps	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 scream	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut up in a quote	participle	the wind not said here						vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not scream speech: express in a quote	can	the wind						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not get in a quote	present · passive	wind	a mouth					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouth=Stimulus
4	snap	present	the wind not said here	Ryan					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ryan=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: What is the poet doing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 doing	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 doing	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 poet	det
4	poet	poet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doing	nsubj
5	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · progressive	the poet						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Writing a simile about wind and mouths

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 simile	det
3	simile	simile	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	5 wind	case
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 simile	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 mouths	cc
7	mouths	mouth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund		a simile				about wind and mouths	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent simile=Recipient about wind=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Using onomatopoeia for the wind's noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	onomatopoeia	onomatopoeia	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	7 noise	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wind	det
5	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 noise	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 wind	case
7	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Using	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	gerund		onomatopoeia				for the wind's noise	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent onomatopoeia=Theme for noise=Eventuality
2	noise		the wind						nom noise «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Making a science mistake about the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mistake	det
3	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mistake	compound
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 wind	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wind	det
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mistake	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		a science mistake				about the wind	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Personifying the wind to show it is wild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Personifying	personify	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 wild	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wind	det
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Personifying	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 show	mark
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Personifying	advcl
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 show	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wild	cop
8	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	personify	gerund		the wind					tree rules
2	show	to-infinitive		wind					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
3	is	present	Personifying					wild 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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