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title: Ella's poem has twenty similes in eight lines. What would a teacher… — Poetry: simile, metaphor, personificat… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ella's poem has twenty similes in eight lines. What would a teacher most likely say? Test 8 · ★ 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 ch
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# Test 8 · ★ · Poetry: simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration

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Ella's poem has twenty similes in eight lines. What would a teacher most likely say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** poem, teacher · **What happens:** have, say · **To what, where:** twenty similes, eight lines · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ella's poem has twenty similes in eight lines.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t8:1
# text = Ella's poem has twenty similes in eight lines.
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	similes	simile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Ella's poem | twenty similes |  | eight lines |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent simile=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What would a teacher most likely say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t8:2
# text = What would a teacher most likely say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | a teacher |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Add twenty more to make it really strong

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t8:o1:1
# text = Add twenty more to make it really strong
1	Add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | twenty more |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | strong *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Brilliant, the more similes the better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t8:o2:1
# text = Brilliant, the more similes the better
1	Brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	similes	simile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Swap every one of them for a cliché

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t8:o3:1
# text = Swap every one of them for a cliché
1	Swap	swap	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cliché	cliché	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | imperative | you *not said here* | every one of them |  |  |  | for a cliché | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent one=Theme for cliché=Co-Theme |

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

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Keep the best few so each one stands out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:46-poetry-simile-metaphor-personification-alliteration:t8:o4:1
# text = Keep the best few so each one stands out
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the best few |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Theme |
| 2 | **stand out** | present | each one |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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