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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Reading poems: meaning, sound and pict… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning poetry without regular rhyme. Exam question 3 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; Mov
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# Exam question 3 · Reading poems: meaning, sound and pictures

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning poetry without regular rhyme.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, poetry

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning poetry without regular rhyme.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	without	without	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | poetry |  |  |  | without regular rhyme | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus poetry=Experiencer |

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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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Such writing is prohibited in schools by order of the examination board

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:e3:o1:1
# text = Such writing is prohibited in schools by order of the examination board
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive | order of the examination board | Such writing |  | schools |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |
| 2 | **order** |  |  | the examination board |  |  |  |  | nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Such poetry is invariably composed by children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:e3:o2:1
# text = Such poetry is invariably composed by children
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | present · passive | children | Such poetry |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Such writing is not poetry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:e3:o3:1
# text = Such writing is not poetry
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Such writing | poetry |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Such poetry, termed free verse, is nonetheless poetry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:e3:o4:1
# text = Such poetry, termed free verse, is nonetheless poetry
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	termed	term	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	nonetheless	nonetheless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **term** | past | Such poetry *not said here* | free verse |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | Such poetry | nonetheless poetry |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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