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title: Tom, Gen Alpha, says "Poems are mid, they don't even rhyme sometimes… — Poetry: rhyme and rhythm · tree and pragmatics
description: Tom, Gen Alpha, says "Poems are mid, they don't even rhyme sometimes." ("Mid" means not very good.) What is the truth? Test 1 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 cho
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# Test 1 · Poetry: rhyme and rhythm

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Tom, Gen Alpha, says "Poems are mid, they don't even rhyme sometimes." ("Mid" means not very good.) What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, Poems, Mid, truth · **What happens:** say, be, not rhyme, not mean · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 of lesson 45 «Poetry: rhyme and rhythm» 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/45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom, Gen Alpha, says "Poems are mid, they don't even rhyme sometimes."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t1:1
# text = Tom, Gen Alpha, says "Poems are mid, they don't even rhyme sometimes."
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
13	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	even	even	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
17	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tom and Gen Alpha |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Poems |  |  |  |  | mid *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **rhyme** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Poems *= poem* |  |  |  |  | sometimes *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* ("Mid" means not very good.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t1:2
# text = ("Mid" means not very good.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Mid	Mid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **mean** | present | Mid |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t1:3
# text = What is the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the truth |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A poem that doesn't rhyme is not a real poem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t1:o1:1
# text = A poem that doesn't rhyme is not a real poem
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	poem	poem	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** **rhyme** | present · do-support | a poem |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | a poem | a real poem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only bad poets forget to add rhymes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t1:o2:1
# text = Only bad poets forget to add rhymes
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	poets	poet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	forget	forget	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	rhymes	rhyme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | bad poets |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **add** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | bad poets *not said here* | rhymes |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rhyme=Patient |

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

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Many poems use rhythm and images instead of rhyme

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t1:o3:1
# text = Many poems use rhythm and images instead of rhyme
1	Many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | Many poems | rhythm and images |  |  |  | instead rhyme | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rhythm=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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All poems rhyme if you read them faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t1:o4:1
# text = All poems rhyme if you read them faster
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rhyme** | present | all poems |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **read** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | poems *= poem* |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |

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