--- title: Ascertain the rhyme scheme of a quatrain (a verse of four lines) who… — Poetry: rhyme and rhythm · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the rhyme scheme of a quatrain (a verse of four lines) whose lines terminate in "star", "are", "high" and "sky". Exam question 4 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 optio --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/) / [Poetry: rhyme and rhythm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Poetry: rhyme and rhythm Ascertain the rhyme scheme of a quatrain (a verse of four lines) whose lines terminate in "star", "are", "high" and "sky". **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, lines · **What happens:** ascertain, terminate, be, scheme, verse · **To what, where:** rhyme scheme, star, quatrain, four lines This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:e4:1 # text = Ascertain the rhyme scheme of a quatrain (a verse of four lines) whose lines terminate in "star", "are", "high" and "sky". 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 rhyme rhyme NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 scheme scheme NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 quatrain quatrain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 verse verse NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 10 punct _ _ 15 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 terminate terminate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 star star NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 " " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the rhyme scheme of a quatrain | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **terminate** | present | lines | | | star | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **scheme** | | | a quatrain | | | | | nom scheme «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **verse** | | | four lines | | | | | nom verse «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} ABAB ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:e4:o1:1 # text = ABAB 1 ABAB ABAB PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} AABB ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:e4:o2:1 # text = AABB 1 AABB AABB PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} ABCD ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:e4:o3:1 # text = ABCD 1 ABCD ABCD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} ABBA ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:e4:o4:1 # text = ABBA 1 ABBA ABBA PROPN NNP 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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