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Test 11 · Music lessons and the recorder

Liam says, "Sure, if it's cheap plastic it can't be a real instrument, ya eejit." What is the mistake?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Liam, it, plastic, mistake · What happens: say, be, not be · To what, where: cheap plastic, real instrument · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 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: Liam says, "Sure, if it's cheap plastic it can't be a real instrument, ya eejit."

nsubjpunctpunctdiscoursepunctmarknsubjcopamodccompnsubjauxadvmodcopdetamodacl:relclpunctapposgoeswithpunctpunctrootLiamPROPNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTSureINTJ,PUNCTifSCONJitPRON'sAUXcheapADJplasticNOUNitPRONcaAUXn'tPARTbeAUXaDETrealADJinstrumentNOUN,PUNCTyaXeejitNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LiamLiamPROPNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_2 sayspunct
4""PUNCT_5 Surepunct
5SuresureINTJ_2 saysdiscourse
6,,PUNCT_5 Surepunct
7ififSCONJ_11 plasticmark
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 plasticnsubj
9'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 plasticcop
10cheapcheapADJDegree=Pos11 plasticamod
11plasticplasticNOUNNumber=Sing5 Sureccomp
12ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 instrumentnsubj
13cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin18 instrumentaux
14n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg18 instrumentadvmod
15bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf18 instrumentcop
16aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 instrumentdet
17realrealADJDegree=Pos18 instrumentamod
18instrumentinstrumentNOUNNumber=Sing11 plasticacl:relcl
19,,PUNCT_20 yapunct
20yayaXExtPos=PROPN18 instrumentappos
21eejiteejitNOUNNumber=Sing20 yagoeswith
22..PUNCT_20 yapunct
23""PUNCT_20 yapunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentLiamvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is a a condition, not said to happen, in a quotepresentitcheap plastictree rules
3not is a in a quotecanplastica real instrumenttree rules

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: What is the mistake?

copdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETmistakeNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 mistakedet
4mistakemistakeNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
5??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe mistaketree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Plastic instruments are always better than wooden ones

amodnsubjcopadvmodcaseamodoblrootPlasticADJinstrumentsNOUNareAUXalwaysADVbetterADJthanADPwoodenADJonesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PlasticplasticADJDegree=Pos2 instrumentsamod
2instrumentsinstrumentNOUNNumber=Plur5 betternsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 bettercop
4alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot5 betteradvmod
5bettergoodADJDegree=Cmprootroot
6thanthanADP_8 onescase
7woodenwoodenADJDegree=Pos8 onesamod
8onesoneNOUNNumber=Plur5 betterobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentPlastic instrumentsthan wooden ones; always, good propertytree rules

Option 2

He is right, only expensive things count as music

nsubjcoppunctadvmodamodnsubjparataxiscaseoblrootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTonlyADVexpensiveADJthingsNOUNcountVERBasADPmusicNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_8 countpunct
5onlyonlyADV_7 thingsadvmod
6expensiveexpensiveADJDegree=Pos7 thingsamod
7thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur8 countnsubj
8countcountVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightparataxis
9asasADP_10 musiccase
10musicmusicNOUNNumber=Sing8 countobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2countpresentexpensive thingsas musicvn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as music=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A cheap version of an instrument is still a real instrument

detamodnsubjcasedetnmodcopadvmoddetamodrootADETcheapADJversionNOUNofADPanDETinstrumentNOUNisAUXstillADVaDETrealADJinstrumentNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 versiondet
2cheapcheapADJDegree=Pos3 versionamod
3versionversionNOUNNumber=Sing11 instrumentnsubj
4ofofADP_6 instrumentcase
5anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 instrumentdet
6instrumentinstrumentNOUNNumber=Sing3 versionnmod
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 instrumentcop
8stillstillADV_11 instrumentadvmod
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 instrumentdet
10realrealADJDegree=Pos11 instrumentamod
11instrumentinstrumentNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresenta cheap version of a instrumenta real instrumentstilltree rules

Option 4

Real instruments must be made of gold

amodnsubj:passauxaux:passcaseoblrootRealADJinstrumentsNOUNmustAUXbeAUXmadeVERBofADPgoldNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RealrealADJDegree=Pos2 instrumentsamod
2instrumentsinstrumentNOUNNumber=Plur5 madensubj:pass
3mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin5 madeaux
4bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf5 madeaux:pass
5mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6ofofADP_7 goldcase
7goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing5 madeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makemust · passiveReal instrumentsof goldvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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