Test 3 · Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing Grandad, dry: "Back in my day poems rhymed, end of." The teacher shows free verse. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher · What happens: rhyme, show, be · To what, where: free verse
This is test 3 of lesson 47 «Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing» 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: Grandad, dry: "Back in my day poems rhymed, end of."
nsubj punct punct punct advmod case nmod:poss compound obl conj punct obl case punct punct root Grandad PROPN , PUNCT dry ADJ : PUNCT " PUNCT Back ADV in ADP my PRON day NOUN poems NOUN rhymed VERB , PUNCT end NOUN of ADP . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 3 dry nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 dry punct 3 dry dry ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 : : PUNCT _ 11 rhymed punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 6 Back punct 6 Back back ADV _ 11 rhymed advmod 7 in in ADP _ 10 poems case 8 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 poems nmod:poss 9 day day NOUN Number=Sing 10 poems compound 10 poems poem NOUN Number=Plur 6 Back obl 11 rhymed rhyme VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 dry conj 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 end punct 13 end end NOUN Number=Sing 11 rhymed obl 14 of of ADP _ 13 end case 15 . . PUNCT _ 3 dry punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 3 dry punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 rhyme in a quote participle of end vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: The teacher shows free verse.
det nsubj amod obj punct root The DET teacher NOUN shows VERB free ADJ verse NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 teacher det 2 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 3 shows nsubj 3 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 free free ADJ Degree=Pos 5 verse amod 5 verse verse NOUN Number=Sing 3 shows obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 shows punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present the teacher free verse vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent verse=Recipient
Sentence 3: What is true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Free verse is real poetry built on line breaks
amod nsubj cop amod acl case compound obl root Free ADJ verse NOUN is AUX real ADJ poetry NOUN built VERB on ADP line NOUN breaks NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Free free ADJ Degree=Pos 2 verse amod 2 verse verse NOUN Number=Sing 5 poetry nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 poetry cop 4 real real ADJ Degree=Pos 5 poetry amod 5 poetry poetry NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 built build VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 poetry acl 7 on on ADP _ 9 breaks case 8 line line NOUN Number=Sing 9 breaks compound 9 breaks break NOUN Number=Plur 6 built obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Free verse real poetry tree rules 2 build participle real poetry not said here line breaks vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on break=Source
Option 2 No rhyme means no poem, so Grandad is right
det nsubj det obj punct advmod nsubj cop conj root No DET rhyme NOUN means VERB no DET poem NOUN , PUNCT so ADV Grandad PROPN is AUX right ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no DET PronType=Neg 2 rhyme det 2 rhyme rhyme NOUN Number=Sing 3 means nsubj 3 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 no no DET PronType=Neg 5 poem det 5 poem poem NOUN Number=Sing 3 means obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 right punct 7 so so ADV _ 10 right advmod 8 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 10 right nsubj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 right cop 10 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 3 means conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present no rhyme no poem vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Topic 2 is present Grandad right property tree rules
Option 3 It is prose with lines cut at random places
nsubj cop case obl acl case amod obl root It PRON is AUX prose ADJ with ADP lines NOUN cut VERB at ADP random ADJ places NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 prose nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 prose cop 3 prose prose ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 with with ADP _ 5 lines case 5 lines line NOUN Number=Plur 3 prose obl 6 cut cut VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 lines acl 7 at at ADP _ 9 places case 8 random random ADJ Degree=Pos 9 places amod 9 places place NOUN Number=Plur 6 cut obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It with lines; prose property tree rules 2 cut participle lines not said here at random places vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at place=Patient
Option 4 Free verse is a modern name for a limerick
amod nsubj cop det amod case det nmod root Free ADJ verse NOUN is AUX a DET modern ADJ name NOUN for ADP a DET limerick NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Free free ADJ Degree=Pos 2 verse amod 2 verse verse NOUN Number=Sing 6 name nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 name cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 name det 5 modern modern ADJ Degree=Pos 6 name amod 6 name name NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 for for ADP _ 9 limerick case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 limerick det 9 limerick limerick NOUN Number=Sing 6 name nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Free verse a modern name for a limerick tree rules
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