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description: Identify the poetic form, of Japanese origin, customarily composed in English schools as three lines of five, seven and five syllables respectively. Exam question 1 of lesson 47 «Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 1 · Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing

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Identify the poetic form, of Japanese origin, customarily composed in English schools as three lines of five, seven and five syllables respectively.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, compose · **To what, where:** poetic form, Japanese origin, English schools

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 47 «Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing» 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/47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:e1:1
# text = Identify the poetic form, of Japanese origin, customarily composed in English schools as three lines of five, seven and five syllables respectively.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	poetic	poetic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Japanese	Japanese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	English	English	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	conj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
24	syllables	syllable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
25	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the poetic form |  |  |  | of Japanese origin | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent form=Theme |
| 2 | **compose** | participle |  | Japanese origin *not said here* |  | English schools |  | as three lines of five and five syllables; customarily, respectively *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as line=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

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The limerick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:e1:o1:1
# text = The limerick
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	limerick	limerick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The kenning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:e1:o2:1
# text = The kenning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kenning	kenning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The haiku

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:e1:o3:1
# text = The haiku
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	haiku	haiku	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The acrostic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:e1:o4:1
# text = The acrostic
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	acrostic	acrostic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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