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description: Gran in Cardiff: "That poem's lush, bach." ("Lush" means lovely; "bach" is a fond Welsh word, like "dear".) Which line from it is a simile? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 46 «Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 7 · ★ · Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration

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Gran in Cardiff: "That poem's lush, bach." ("Lush" means lovely; "bach" is a fond Welsh word, like "dear".) Which line from it is a simile?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran, Lush, bach, line · **What happens:** be, mean · **To what, where:** fond Welsh word, simile

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran in Cardiff: "That poem's lush, bach."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t7:1
# text = Gran in Cardiff: "That poem's lush, bach."
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Cardiff	Cardiff	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	lush	lush	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	bach	bach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Gran in Cardiff |  |  |  |  | bach *vocative*; lush *property* | tree rules |

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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:* ("Lush" means lovely; "bach" is a fond Welsh word, like "dear".)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t7:2
# text = ("Lush" means lovely; "bach" is a fond Welsh word, like "dear".)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Lush	Lush	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	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	bach	bach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	fond	fond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	Welsh	welsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	like	like	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Lush |  |  |  |  | lovely *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | bach | a fond Welsh word |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Which line from it is a simile?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t7:3
# text = Which line from it is a simile?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	simile	simile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | which line from bach | a simile |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wild waves washed the windy wall.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t7:o1:1
# text = Wild waves washed the windy wall.
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	windy	windy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | past | Wild waves | the windy wall |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The waves rolled in like grey horses.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t7:o2:1
# text = The waves rolled in like grey horses.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rolled	roll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll in** | past | the waves |  |  |  |  | like grey horses | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The waves were grey horses tonight.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t7:o3:1
# text = The waves were grey horses tonight.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	compound	_	_
6	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the waves |  |  |  | tonight | grey *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The waves whispered to the sand.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t7:o4:1
# text = The waves whispered to the sand.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	whispered	whisper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | the waves |  | the sand |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sand=Recipient |

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