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title: Identify the device employed in the phrase «the great grey-green, gr… — Kipling's word games: «Best Beloved»,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the device employed in the phrase «the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River». Exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Kipling's word games: «Best Beloved», the 'Stute Fish, «Humph!» and the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 1 · Kipling's word games: «Best Beloved», the 'Stute Fish, «Hu…

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Identify the device employed in the phrase «the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, employ · **To what, where:** device, phrase

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 42 «Kipling's word games: «Best Beloved», the 'Stute Fish, «Humph!» and the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo» of the language 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/language/42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo:e1:1
# text = Identify the device employed in the phrase «the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River».
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
11	grey	grey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	greasy	greasy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	Limpopo	Limpopo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	River	River	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 device |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent device=Theme |
| 2 | **employ** | participle |  | the device *not said here* |  | the phrase |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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Alliteration, the repetition of an initial sound in neighbouring words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo:e1:o1:1
# text = Alliteration, the repetition of an initial sound in neighbouring words
1	Alliteration	alliteration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	initial	initial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	neighbouring	neighbour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	amod	_	_
11	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **neighbour** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **repeat** |  | a initial sound in neighbouring words |  |  |  |  |  | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A pun, the exploitation of words of similar sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo:e1:o2:1
# text = A pun, the exploitation of words of similar sound
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pun	pun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	exploitation	exploitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exploit** |  |  | words of similar sound |  |  |  |  | nom exploitation «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | similar sound |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Onomatopoeia, the imitation of a sound by a word

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo:e1:o3:1
# text = Onomatopoeia, the imitation of a sound by a word
1	Onomatopoeia	onomatopoeia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	imitation	imitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **imitate** |  |  | a sound |  |  |  |  | nom imitation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A refrain, the repetition of an entire line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:42-kipling-s-word-games-best-beloved-stute-fish-humph-and-the-great-grey-green-greasy-limpopo:e1:o4:1
# text = A refrain, the repetition of an entire line
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	refrain	refrain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **repeat** |  | a entire line |  |  |  |  |  | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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