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."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 pressing | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 pressing | punct |
| 6 | pressing | press | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 stops | csubj |
| 7 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 pressing | xcomp |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 me | case |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 pressing | obl |
| 10 | fingertips | fingertip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pressing | obj |
| 11 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 goes | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 squeaks | det |
| 13 | squeaks | squeak | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 sorted | nsubj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 sorted | punct |
| 15 | sorted | sort | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 stops | ccomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | press in a quote | gerund | fingertips | with me; hard property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fingertip=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stop in a quote | present | pressing | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | sort in a quote | past | the squeaks | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | mate | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, the soft pads of the fingers seal the holes better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 seal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 pads | det |
| 4 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pads | amod |
| 5 | pads | pad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 seal | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 fingers | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fingers | det |
| 8 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pads | nmod |
| 9 | seal | seal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 holes | det |
| 11 | holes | hole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 seal | obj |
| 12 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 seal | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seal | present | the soft pads of the fingers | the holes | well property | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hole=Patient |
Option 2
No, squeaks come only from the teacher's piano
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 come | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| 3 | squeaks | squeak | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 come | nsubj |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 piano | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 piano | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 teacher | det |
| 8 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 piano | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 teacher | case |
| 10 | piano | piano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | squeaks | the teacher's piano | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from piano=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Yes, but only on wooden recorders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 recorders | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 recorders | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 recorders | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 recorders | case |
| 6 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 recorders | amod |
| 7 | recorders | recorder | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 harder | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 harder | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 harder | det |
| 4 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 press | nsubj |
| 6 | press | press | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 harder | advcl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 fingertips | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 fingertips | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fingertips | fingertip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 press | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 cleaner | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 cleaner | det |
| 12 | cleaner | cleaner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 harder | obl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 note | det |
| 14 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cleaner | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | present | you | with your fingertips | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
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