--- title: What would happen to "The sun is a golden coin" if you put "like" af… — Poetry: simile, metaphor, personificat… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to "The sun is a golden coin" if you put "like" after "is"? Test 3 · ★ 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's choice wa --- [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/t3/) [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/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★ · Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration What would happen to "The sun is a golden coin" if you put "like" after "is"? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sun, you · **What happens:** happen, be, put · **To what, where:** golden coin This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 46 «Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration» 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/46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t3:1 # text = What would happen to "The sun is a golden coin" if you put "like" after "is"? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 coin coin NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 put put VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 16 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 like like INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 18 " " PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 19 after after SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 " " PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the sun | a golden coin | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **put** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **be** *in a quote* | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} It would become alliteration ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t3:o1:1 # text = It would become alliteration 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 alliteration alliteration NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | It | alliteration | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It would become a simile ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t3:o2:1 # text = It would become a simile 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 simile simile NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | It | a simile | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} It would become personification ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t3:o3:1 # text = It would become personification 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 personification personification NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | would | It | personification | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It would stop being poetry at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t3:o4:1 # text = It would stop being poetry at all 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | It | | | all | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location | | 2 | **is a** | gerund | | poetry | | | | | tree rules | **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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