Test 7 · ★ · Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration Gran in Cardiff: "That poem's lush, bach." ("Lush" means lovely; "bach" is a fond Welsh word, like "dear".) Which line from it is a simile?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, Lush, bach, line · What happens: be, mean · To what, where: fond Welsh word, simile
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Gran in Cardiff: "That poem's lush, bach."
nsubj case nmod punct punct det nsubj cop punct vocative punct punct root Gran PROPN in ADP Cardiff PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT That DET poem NOUN 's AUX lush ADJ , PUNCT bach NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 9 lush nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 3 Cardiff case 3 Cardiff Cardiff PROPN Number=Sing 1 Gran nmod 4 : : PUNCT _ 9 lush punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 9 lush punct 6 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 7 poem det 7 poem poem NOUN Number=Sing 9 lush nsubj 8 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 lush cop 9 lush lush ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 bach punct 11 bach bach NOUN Number=Sing 9 lush vocative 12 . . PUNCT _ 9 lush punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 9 lush punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote present Gran in Cardiff bach vocative ; lush property 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: ("Lush" means lovely; "bach" is a fond Welsh word, like "dear".)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct nsubj punct cop det amod amod conj punct case punct appos punct punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Lush PROPN " PUNCT means VERB lovely ADJ ; PUNCT " PUNCT bach NOUN " PUNCT is AUX a DET fond ADJ Welsh ADJ word NOUN , PUNCT like ADP " PUNCT dear ADJ " PUNCT . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lush punct 3 Lush Lush PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Lush punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 lovely lovely ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 15 word punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 bach punct 9 bach bach NOUN Number=Sing 15 word nsubj 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 bach punct 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 word cop 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 word det 13 fond fond ADJ Degree=Pos 15 word amod 14 Welsh welsh ADJ Degree=Pos 15 word amod 15 word word NOUN Number=Sing 5 means conj 16 , , PUNCT _ 19 dear punct 17 like like ADP _ 19 dear case 18 " " PUNCT _ 19 dear punct 19 dear dear ADJ Degree=Pos 15 word appos 20 " " PUNCT _ 19 dear punct 21 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 22 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Lush lovely property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is a present bach a fond Welsh word tree rules
Sentence 3: Which line from it is a simile?
det nsubj case nmod cop det punct root Which DET line NOUN from ADP it PRON is AUX a DET simile NOUN ? PUNCT 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 7 simile nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 4 it case 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 line nmod 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 simile cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 simile det 7 simile simile NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 7 simile punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present which line from bach a simile tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Wild waves washed the windy wall.
amod nsubj det amod obj punct root Wild ADJ waves NOUN washed VERB the DET windy ADJ wall NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wild wild ADJ Degree=Pos 2 waves amod 2 waves wave NOUN Number=Plur 3 washed nsubj 3 washed wash VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 wall det 5 windy windy ADJ Degree=Pos 6 wall amod 6 wall wall NOUN Number=Sing 3 washed obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 washed punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wash past Wild waves the windy wall vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer The waves rolled in like grey horses.
det nsubj compound:prt case amod obl punct root The DET waves NOUN rolled VERB in ADP like ADP grey ADJ horses NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 waves det 2 waves wave NOUN Number=Plur 3 rolled nsubj 3 rolled roll VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 in in ADP _ 3 rolled compound:prt 5 like like ADP _ 7 horses case 6 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos 7 horses amod 7 horses horse NOUN Number=Plur 3 rolled obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 rolled punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 roll in past the waves like grey horses vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 The waves were grey horses tonight.
det nsubj cop compound obl:unmarked punct root The DET waves NOUN were AUX grey ADJ horses NOUN tonight NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 waves det 2 waves wave NOUN Number=Plur 4 grey nsubj 3 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 grey cop 4 grey grey ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 horses horse NOUN Number=Plur 6 tonight compound 6 tonight tonight NOUN Number=Sing 4 grey obl:unmarked 7 . . PUNCT _ 4 grey punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past the waves tonight grey property tree rules
Option 4 The waves whispered to the sand.
det nsubj case det obl punct root The DET waves NOUN whispered VERB to ADP the DET sand NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 waves det 2 waves wave NOUN Number=Plur 3 whispered nsubj 3 whispered whisper VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 6 sand case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sand det 6 sand sand NOUN Number=Sing 3 whispered obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 whispered punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 whisper speech: assert past the waves the sand vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sand=Recipient
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