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title: ★★ In «Faster than fairies, faster than witches, / Bridges and house… — Reading poems: meaning, sound and pict… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★ In «Faster than fairies, faster than witches, / Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches», what do the bridges, houses and hedges show? Test 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 t
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Reading poems: meaning, sound and pictures

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★★ In «Faster than fairies, faster than witches, / Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches», what do the bridges, houses and hedges show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Faster · **What happens:** do, show · **To what, where:** witches

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 25 «Reading poems: meaning, sound and pictures» 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/25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:t2:1
# text = ★★ In «Faster than fairies, faster than witches, / Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches», what do the bridges, houses and hedges show?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	31	nsubj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	/	/	SYM	SYM	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Bridges	bridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	hedges	hedge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	ditches	ditch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	24	obj	_	_
24	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	bridges	bridge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	conj	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	hedges	hedge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	conj	_	_
31	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	31	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Faster *not said here* | witches and Bridges and houses and hedges and ditches |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** | present | Faster |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Things the witches built

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:t2:o1:1
# text = Things the witches built
1	Things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | participle · passive |  | Things  the witches |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Places the fairies live

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:t2:o2:1
# text = Places the fairies live
1	Places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	fairies	fairy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | Places and the fairies |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Things flashing past the train window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:t2:o3:1
# text = Things flashing past the train window
1	Things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	flashing	flash	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	past	past	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flash** | gerund | Things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | past the train window | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A shopping list

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:25-reading-poems-meaning-sound-and-pictures:t2:o4:1
# text = A shopping list
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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