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title: Which line uses alliteration? — Poetry: simile, metaphor, personificat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which line uses alliteration? Test 5 · ★ 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 was right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration

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Which line uses alliteration?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** line · **What happens:** use · **To what, where:** alliteration

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t5:1
# text = Which line uses alliteration?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	alliteration	alliteration	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 | **use** | present | which line | alliteration |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alliteration=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Pete's purple parrot pecked a pear.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t5:o1:1
# text = Pete's purple parrot pecked a pear.
1	Pete	Pete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	pecked	peck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pear	pear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peck** | participle | Pete's purple parrot *not said here* | a pear |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pear=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The parrot was like a rainbow.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t5:o2:1
# text = The parrot was like a rainbow.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the parrot |  |  |  |  | like a rainbow | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The parrot squawked: screech!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t5:o3:1
# text = The parrot squawked: screech!
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	squawked	squawk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	screech	screech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squawk** | past | the parrot | screech |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent screech=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The parrot laughed loudly at the tabby cat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t5:o4:1
# text = The parrot laughed loudly at the tabby cat.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	tabby	tabby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | the parrot |  |  |  |  | at the tabby cat; loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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