Exam question 3 · Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing

Select the response that most accurately characterises a kenning.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: select, characteris · To what, where: response, kenning

This is exam question 3 of lesson 47 «Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing» of the English course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 characterises	nsubj
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 kenning	det
9	kenning	kenning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	characteris	present	most	a kenning					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.

The options

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

A two-word phrase that names a thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 phrase	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 word	nummod
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 two	punct
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 phrase	compound
5	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 names	nsubj
7	names	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 phrase	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 thing	det
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 names	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	present	a word phrase	a thing					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

Option 2

A humorous verse five lines in length

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 verse	det
2	humorous	humorous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 verse	amod
3	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 lines	nummod
5	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 verse	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 length	case
7	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lines	nmod

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

Option 3

A poem arranged in the shape of its subject

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 poem	det
2	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 poem	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 shape	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shape	det
6	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arranged	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 subject	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 subject	nmod:poss
9	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shape	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrange	participle		a poem not said here		the shape of shape's subject			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in shape=Destination

Option 4

A poem whose first letters spell a word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 poem	det
2	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spell	nsubj
3	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	5 letters	nmod:poss
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 letters	amod
5	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spell	nsubj
6	spell	spell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 word	det
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell	present	a poem	a word					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent word=Theme

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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