--- title: In a cartoon, every loud noise appears in big letters: BOOM! ZAP! Wh… — Author's choices: why this word, why t… · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon, every loud noise appears in big letters: BOOM! ZAP! What is this device in writing? 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What is this device in writing? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** loud noise · **What happens:** appear, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, device, writing This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 21 «Author's choices: why this word, why this way» 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/21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, every loud noise appears in big letters: BOOM! ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t6:1 # text = In a cartoon, every loud noise appears in big letters: BOOM! 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 6 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 13 BOOM boom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | present | every loud noise | | | a cartoon | | in big letters and BOOM | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location | 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:* ZAP! ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t6:2 # text = ZAP! 1 ZAP zap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* What is this device in writing? ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t6:3 # text = What is this device in writing? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 device device NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | this device | | writing | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A metaphor ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t6:o1:1 # text = A metaphor 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 metaphor metaphor NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} A simile, because the noise is compared to something using the word like ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t6:o2:1 # text = A simile, because the noise is compared to something using the word like 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 simile simile NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 compared compare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 obl _ _ 11 using use VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 like like ADP IN _ 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compare** | present · passive | a simile *not said here* | the noise | | | | to something | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **use** | gerund | | the word | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} A heading ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t6:o3:1 # text = A heading 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 heading heading NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Onomatopoeia ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:21-authors-choices-why-this-word-why-this-way:t6:o4:1 # text = Onomatopoeia 1 Onomatopoeia onomatopoeia NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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