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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the image of a tiger «burning bright»? Exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Reading poems: meaning, sound and pictures» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 2 · Reading poems: meaning, sound and pictures

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the image of a tiger «burning bright»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tiger · **What happens:** follow, characteris, burn, image · **To what, where:** image, tiger

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 25 «Reading poems: meaning, sound and pictures» of the English 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/english/25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the image of a tiger «burning bright»?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tiger	tiger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
16	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the image of a tiger |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **burn** *in a quote* | gerund | a tiger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **image** |  |  | a tiger |  |  |  |  | nom image «cognition 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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The poet is describing a forest fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:e2:o1:1
# text = The poet is describing a forest fire
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	describing	describe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · progressive | the poet | a forest fire |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent fire=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The animal is literally ablaze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:e2:o2:1
# text = The animal is literally ablaze
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	literally	literally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ablaze	ablaze	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The image is without meaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:e2:o3:1
# text = The image is without meaning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the image |  |  |  |  | without meaning | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The animal's colouring is likened to flame, conveying power and danger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:e2:o4:1
# text = The animal's colouring is likened to flame, conveying power and danger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	colouring	colouring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	likened	liken	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	conveying	convey	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **liken** | present · passive |  | the animal's colouring |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **convey** | gerund |  | power and danger |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent power=Topic |

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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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