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title: «rhyme comes from Greek like rhythm, obvs». What's more accurate? — Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutor… · tree and pragmatics
description: «rhyme comes from Greek like rhythm, obvs». What's more accurate? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea)» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea)

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«rhyme comes from Greek like rhythm, obvs». What's more accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** rhyme · **What happens:** come, be · **To what, where:** Greek

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 14 «Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea)» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «rhyme comes from Greek like rhythm, obvs».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:t8:1
# text = «rhyme comes from Greek like rhythm, obvs».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Greek	Greek	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	obvs	obv	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present | rhyme |  |  | Greek |  | like rhythm | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from greek=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's more accurate?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:t8:2
# text = What's more accurate?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accurate *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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«Rhythm» is Greek; «rhyme» took its rh from «rhythm»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:t8:o1:1
# text = «Rhythm» is Greek; «rhyme» took its rh from «rhythm»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	rh	rh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Rhythm |  |  |  |  | greek *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | past | rhyme | rhyme's rh |  | rhythm |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent rh=Theme from rhythm=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Rhyme» is Greek, «rhythm» is French

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:t8:o2:1
# text = «Rhyme» is Greek, «rhythm» is French
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Rhyme |  |  |  |  | greek *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | rhythm |  |  |  |  | french *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Neither has rh in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:t8:o3:1
# text = Neither has rh in it
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rh	rh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Neither | rh |  | rh |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rh=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both are Latin words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:14-words-to-know-years-5-6:t8:o4:1
# text = Both are Latin words
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	Latin	Latin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Both | Latin words |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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