--- title: Ascertain which of the following constitutes onomatopoeia rather tha… — Poetry: simile, metaphor, personificat… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain which of the following constitutes onomatopoeia rather than alliteration. Exam question 4 of lesson 46 «Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration/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: simile, metaphor, personificat…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/english/46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration Ascertain which of the following constitutes onomatopoeia rather than alliteration. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, follow, constitute · **To what, where:** onomatopoeia This is exam question 4 of lesson 46 «Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration» 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/46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:e4:1 # text = Ascertain which of the following constitutes onomatopoeia rather than alliteration. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 1 obj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 nmod _ _ 5 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 nsubj _ _ 6 constitutes constitute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 onomatopoeia onomatopoeia NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 10 cc _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 alliteration alliteration NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **constitute** | present | | onomatopoeia rather alliteration | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme onomatopoeia=Pivot | 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} Big brown bear ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:e4:o1:1 # text = Big brown bear 1 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Crooked crag ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:e4:o2:1 # text = Crooked crag 1 Crooked crooked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 crag crag NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Slithering snakes slide ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:e4:o3:1 # text = Slithering snakes slide 1 Slithering slither VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 slide slide VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slither** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **slide** | present | Slithering snakes | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Buzz ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:e4:o4:1 # text = Buzz 1 Buzz buzz NOUN NN 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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