Test 3 · Music lessons and the recorder
A cartoon shows a kid puffing a fresh breath for every note to make them separate. What should he really do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, kid, them · What happens: show, puff, make, separate, do · To what, where: kid, fresh breath, them
This is test 3 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: A cartoon shows a kid puffing a fresh breath for every note to make them separate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kid | det |
| 5 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | puffing | puff | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 kid | acl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 breath | det |
| 8 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 breath | amod |
| 9 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 puffing | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 note | case |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 note | det |
| 12 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 puffing | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 make | mark |
| 14 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 puffing | advcl |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 make | obj |
| 16 | separate | separate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 make | xcomp |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a kid | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | puff | gerund | a kid not said here | a fresh breath | for every note | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location breath=Source | |||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | a kid not said here | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | separate | infinitive | them = they not said here | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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 should he really do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 do | advmod |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | cartoon | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Hum the notes instead of blowing at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hum | hum | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 notes | det |
| 3 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hum | obj |
| 4 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 6 blowing | mark |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 instead | fixed |
| 6 | blowing | blow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Hum | advcl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 blowing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hum | imperative | you not said here | the notes | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Topic | ||||
| 2 | blow | gerund | you not said here | all | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
Hold his breath between notes and gasp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 breath | nmod:poss |
| 3 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obj |
| 4 | between | between | ADP | _ | 5 notes | case |
| 5 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hold | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 gasp | cc |
| 7 | gasp | gasp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 notes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | imperative | you not said here | his breath | notes and gasp | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent breath=Theme between note=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Keep one steady breath and start each note with his tongue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 breath | nummod |
| 3 | steady | steady | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 breath | amod |
| 4 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 start | cc |
| 6 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 note | det |
| 8 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 start | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 tongue | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 11 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 start | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | one steady breath | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | ||||
| 2 | start | infinitive | you not said here | each note | with his tongue | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.subeventuality»: agent=Agent note=Eventuality with tongue=Subeventuality |
Option 4
Puff an even harder, fresh breath for each new note, like a train
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puff | puff | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 harder | det |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 4 harder | advmod |
| 4 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Puff | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 breath | punct |
| 6 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 breath | amod |
| 7 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Puff | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 note | case |
| 9 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 note | det |
| 10 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 note | amod |
| 11 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 breath | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 train | punct |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 train | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 train | det |
| 15 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Puff | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | puff | imperative | you not said here | a harder | like a train; fresh breath for each new note obl | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hard=Source |
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