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description: Which term correctly identifies the literary device in the Oak's utterance, "a deep bass voice, speaking as distinctly as a tree could be expected to speak"? Exam question 4 of lesson 2078 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with one sandal meets King Pelias and gets a quest» of the
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# Exam question 4 · Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with o…

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Which term correctly identifies the literary device in the Oak's utterance, "a deep bass voice, speaking as distinctly as a tree could be expected to speak"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** term, tree, Oak · **What happens:** identify, speak, expect, utter · **To what, where:** literary device, utterance, tree · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 2078 «Tanglewood Tales, The Golden Fleece, part 37: Jason with one sandal meets King Pelias and gets a quest» of the books 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/2078-pg976-part37/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:e4:1
# text = Which term correctly identifies the literary device in the Oak's utterance, "a deep bass voice, speaking as distinctly as a tree could be expected to speak"?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	literary	literary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Oak	Oak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	utterance	utterance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	bass	bass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
21	as	as	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	distinctly	distinctly	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
23	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	expected	expect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	advcl	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | present | which term | the literary device |  | the Oak's utterance |  | a deep bass voice *obl*; correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent device=Theme |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* *in a quote* | gerund | which term *not said here* |  |  |  |  | distinctly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **expect** *in a quote* | could · passive |  | a tree |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | a tree *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **utter** |  | the Oak |  |  |  |  |  | nom utterance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Personification

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:e4:o1:1
# text = Personification
1	Personification	personification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Personification, giving the tree a human voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:e4:o2:1
# text = Personification, giving the tree a human voice
1	Personification	personification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund | Personification *not said here* | the tree |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent tree=Recipient voice=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Alliteration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:e4:o3:1
# text = Alliteration
1	Alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Onomatopoeia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2078-pg976-part37:e4:o4:1
# text = Onomatopoeia
1	Onomatopoeia	onomatopoeia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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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