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."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | Liam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Sure | punct |
| 5 | Sure | sure | INTJ | _ | 2 says | discourse |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Sure | punct |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 plastic | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 plastic | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 plastic | cop |
| 10 | cheap | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 plastic | amod |
| 11 | plastic | plastic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Sure | ccomp |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 instrument | nsubj |
| 13 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 instrument | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 instrument | advmod |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 instrument | cop |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 instrument | det |
| 17 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 instrument | amod |
| 18 | instrument | instrument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 plastic | acl:relcl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 ya | punct |
| 20 | ya | ya | X | ExtPos=PROPN | 18 instrument | appos |
| 21 | eejit | eejit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ya | goeswith |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 ya | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 ya | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Liam | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | it | cheap plastic | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not is a in a quote | can | plastic | a real instrument | tree 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mistake | det |
| 4 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the mistake | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Plastic instruments are always better than wooden ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plastic | plastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 instruments | amod |
| 2 | instruments | instrument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 better | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 better | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 better | advmod |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 ones | case |
| 7 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 ones | amod |
| 8 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 better | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Plastic instruments | than wooden ones; always, good property | tree rules |
Option 2
He is right, only expensive things count as music
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 count | punct |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 things | advmod |
| 6 | expensive | expensive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 things | amod |
| 7 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 count | nsubj |
| 8 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 music | case |
| 10 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | count | present | expensive things | as music | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 version | det |
| 2 | cheap | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 version | amod |
| 3 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 instrument | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 instrument | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 instrument | det |
| 6 | instrument | instrument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 version | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 instrument | cop |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 11 instrument | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 instrument | det |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 instrument | amod |
| 11 | instrument | instrument | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a cheap version of a instrument | a real instrument | still | tree rules |
Option 4
Real instruments must be made of gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 instruments | amod |
| 2 | instruments | instrument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | must · passive | Real instruments | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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