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Test 1 · Music lessons and the recorder

Your mate goes, "pressing harder with me fingertips stops the squeaks, sorted." Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, pressing, squeaks · What happens: go, press, stop, sort, be · To what, where: fingertips · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 1 «Music lessons and the recorder» of the arts 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.

The question

Sentence 1: Your mate goes, "pressing harder with me fingertips stops the squeaks, sorted."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctcsubjxcompcaseoblobjconjdetnsubjpunctccomppunctpunctrootYourPRONmateNOUNgoesVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTpressingVERBharderADJwithADPmePRONfingertipsNOUNstopsVERBtheDETsqueaksNOUN,PUNCTsortedVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 matenmod:poss
2matemateNOUNNumber=Sing3 goesnsubj
3goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 pressingpunct
5""PUNCT_6 pressingpunct
6pressingpressVERBVerbForm=Ger11 stopscsubj
7harderhardADJDegree=Cmp6 pressingxcomp
8withwithADP_9 mecase
9meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs6 pressingobl
10fingertipsfingertipNOUNNumber=Plur6 pressingobj
11stopsstopVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 goesconj
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 squeaksdet
13squeakssqueakNOUNNumber=Plur15 sortednsubj
14,,PUNCT_15 sortedpunct
15sortedsortVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 stopsccomp
16..PUNCT_3 goespunct
17""PUNCT_3 goespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresentYour matevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2press in a quotegerundfingertipswith me; hard propertyvn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fingertip=Theme
3stop in a quotepresentpressingvn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4sort in a quotepastthe squeaksvn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: Is he right?

copnsubjpunctrootIsAUXhePRONrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IsbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentmateright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the soft pads of the fingers seal the holes better

discoursepunctdetamodnsubjcasedetnmoddetobjadvmodrootNoINTJ,PUNCTtheDETsoftADJpadsNOUNofADPtheDETfingersNOUNsealVERBtheDETholesNOUNbetterADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg9 sealdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 padsdet
4softsoftADJDegree=Pos5 padsamod
5padspadNOUNNumber=Plur9 sealnsubj
6ofofADP_8 fingerscase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 fingersdet
8fingersfingerNOUNNumber=Plur5 padsnmod
9sealsealVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 holesdet
11holesholeNOUNNumber=Plur9 sealobj
12betterwellADVDegree=Cmp9 sealadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sealpresentthe soft pads of the fingersthe holeswell propertyvn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient

Option 2

No, squeaks come only from the teacher's piano

discoursepunctnsubjadvmodcasedetnmod:posscaseoblrootNoINTJ,PUNCTsqueaksNOUNcomeVERBonlyADVfromADPtheDETteacherNOUN'sPARTpianoNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoINTJPolarity=Neg4 comediscourse
2,,PUNCT_4 comepunct
3squeakssqueakNOUNNumber=Plur4 comensubj
4comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5onlyonlyADV_10 pianoadvmod
6fromfromADP_10 pianocase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 teacherdet
8teacherteacherNOUNNumber=Sing10 pianonmod:poss
9's'sPART_8 teachercase
10pianopianoNOUNNumber=Sing4 comeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepresentsqueaksthe teacher's pianovn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from piano=Initial_Location

Option 3

Yes, but only on wooden recorders

discoursepunctccadvmodcaseamodrootYesINTJ,PUNCTbutCCONJonlyADVonADPwoodenADJrecordersNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos7 recordersdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3butbutCCONJ_7 recorderscc
4onlyonlyADV_7 recordersadvmod
5ononADP_7 recorderscase
6woodenwoodenADJDegree=Pos7 recordersamod
7recordersrecorderNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot

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

Option 4

Yes, the harder you press with your fingertips, the cleaner the note

discoursepunctdetnsubjadvclcasenmod:possoblpunctdetobldetconjrootYesINTJ,PUNCTtheDETharderADJyouPRONpressVERBwithADPyourPRONfingertipsNOUN,PUNCTtheDETcleanerNOUNtheDETnoteNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos4 harderdiscourse
2,,PUNCT_4 harderpunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 harderdet
4harderhardADJDegree=Cmprootroot
5youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs6 pressnsubj
6presspressVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 harderadvcl
7withwithADP_9 fingertipscase
8youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 fingertipsnmod:poss
9fingertipsfingertipNOUNNumber=Plur6 pressobl
10,,PUNCT_12 cleanerpunct
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 cleanerdet
12cleanercleanerNOUNNumber=Sing4 harderobl
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 notedet
14notenoteNOUNNumber=Sing12 cleanerconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1presspresentyouwith your fingertipsvn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

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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