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title: Identify the figure of speech employed in the phrase "soup from a sa… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the figure of speech employed in the phrase "soup from a sausage skewer", as used by the narrator. Exam question 4 of lesson 992 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mouse's adventures end in a wedding and a critics' complaint, then storks appear on a roof» of the books 
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mo…

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Identify the figure of speech employed in the phrase "soup from a sausage skewer", as used by the narrator.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, employ, use, figure · **To what, where:** figure, speech

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 992 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Soup from a Sausage Skewer: the mouse's adventures end in a wedding and a critics' complaint, then storks appear on a roof» 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/992-pg27200-part203/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:e4:1
# text = Identify the figure of speech employed in the phrase "soup from a sausage skewer", as used by the narrator.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	speech	speech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	skewer	skewer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
19	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
20	by	by	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the figure of speech and employed phrase soup from a sausage skewer |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent figure=Theme |
| 2 | **employ** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the narrator | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **figure** |  |  | speech and employed phrase soup from a sausage skewer |  |  |  |  | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A simile comparing soup to a proverb for children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:e4:o1:1
# text = A simile comparing soup to a proverb for children
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	simile	simile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	comparing	compare	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compare** | gerund | a simile *not said here* | soup |  |  |  | to a proverb for children | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soup=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A proverb whose sense is clear to every reader

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:e4:o2:1
# text = A proverb whose sense is clear to every reader
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a proverb |  |  |  |  | to every reader; clear *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A proverb whose meaning is open to many interpretations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:e4:o3:1
# text = A proverb whose meaning is open to many interpretations
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	proverb	proverb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	interpretations	interpretation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a proverb |  |  |  |  | to many interpretations; open *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A metaphor.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:992-pg27200-part203:e4:o4:1
# text = A metaphor.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	metaphor	metaphor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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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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