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title: A girl in Texas says "Y'all, I wrote a rap!" Her teacher says "Clap… — Poetry: rhyme and rhythm · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Texas says "Y'all, I wrote a rap!" Her teacher says "Clap the beat." What will clapping show? Test 8 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 wrong.
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# Test 8 · Poetry: rhyme and rhythm

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A girl in Texas says "Y'all, I wrote a rap!" Her teacher says "Clap the beat." What will clapping show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, teacher · **What happens:** say, write, clap · **To what, where:** Y'all, rap, beat, show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Texas says "Y'all, I wrote a rap!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t8:1
# text = A girl in Texas says "Y'all, I wrote a rap!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Y'all	Y'all	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rap	rap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a girl in Texas | Y'all |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent y'all=Topic |
| 2 | **write** *in a quote* | past | a girl in Texas *= girl* | a rap |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rap=Theme |

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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:* Her teacher says "Clap the beat."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t8:2
# text = Her teacher says "Clap the beat."
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Clap	clap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	beat	beat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | girl's teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **clap** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the beat |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location beat=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What will clapping show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t8:3
# text = What will clapping show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	clapping	clap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clap** | future |  | show |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location show=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Whether the words are slang

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t8:o1:1
# text = Whether the words are slang
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	slang	slang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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How many rhymes she spelled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t8:o2:1
# text = How many rhymes she spelled
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rhymes	rhyme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	spelled	spell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | participle | she | many rhymes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent rhyme=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whether her rap is too long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t8:o3:1
# text = Whether her rap is too long
1	Whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	rap	rap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | her rap |  |  |  |  | long *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **rap** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom rap «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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

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The rhythm of her lines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:45-poetry-rhyme-and-rhythm:t8:o4:1
# text = The rhythm of her lines
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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