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title: Select the response that most accurately characterises a kenning. — Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that most accurately characterises a kenning. Exam question 3 of lesson 47 «Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing» 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 
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# Exam question 3 · Poetry forms: haiku, limerick, kenning, acrostic, performing

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Select the response that most accurately characterises a kenning.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, most · **What happens:** select, characteris · **To what, where:** response, kenning

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:e3:1
# text = Select the response that most accurately characterises a kenning.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	nsubj	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kenning	kenning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present | most | a kenning |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

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

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A two-word phrase that names a thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:e3:o1:1
# text = A two-word phrase that names a thing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	names	name	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | present | a word phrase | a thing |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A humorous verse five lines in length

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:e3:o2:1
# text = A humorous verse five lines in length
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	humorous	humorous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	verse	verse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A poem arranged in the shape of its subject

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:e3:o3:1
# text = A poem arranged in the shape of its subject
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shape	shape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | participle |  | a poem *not said here* |  | the shape of shape's subject |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in shape=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A poem whose first letters spell a word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:47-poetry-forms-haiku-limerick-kenning-acrostic-performing:e3:o4:1
# text = A poem whose first letters spell a word
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	spell	spell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spell** | present | a poem | a word |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |

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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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