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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Poetry: rhyme and rhythm · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning rhyme and accent. Exam question 3 of lesson 45 «Poetry: rhyme and rhythm» 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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# Exam question 3 · Poetry: rhyme and rhythm

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning rhyme and accent.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 45 «Poetry: rhyme and rhythm» 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/45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning rhyme and accent.
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	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Whether two words rhyme may depend on the accent of the speaker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:e3:o1:1
# text = Whether two words rhyme may depend on the accent of the speaker
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	csubj	_	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	depend	depend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rhyme** | present | two words |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **depend** | may |  |  |  |  |  | on the accent of the speaker | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on accent=Theme |
| 3 | **accent** |  |  | the speaker |  |  |  |  | nom accent «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only one accent is permitted in poetry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:e3:o2:1
# text = Only one accent is permitted in poetry
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present · passive |  | one accent |  | poetry |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in poetry=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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All words rhyme identically in every accent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:e3:o3:1
# text = All words rhyme identically in every accent
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	identically	identically	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rhyme** | present | all words |  |  | every accent |  | identically *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Accent has no bearing on the sound of words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:e3:o4:1
# text = Accent has no bearing on the sound of words
1	Accent	accent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Accent | no bearing |  | the sound of words |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bearing=Patient |

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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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