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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.

detnsubjdetobjacldetamodobjcasedetoblmarkadvclobjxcomppunctrootADETcartoonNOUNshowsVERBaDETkidNOUNpuffingVERBaDETfreshADJbreathNOUNforADPeveryDETnoteNOUNtoPARTmakeVERBthemPRONseparateVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 cartoondet
2cartooncartoonNOUNNumber=Sing3 showsnsubj
3showsshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 kiddet
5kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing3 showsobj
6puffingpuffVERBVerbForm=Ger5 kidacl
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 breathdet
8freshfreshADJDegree=Pos9 breathamod
9breathbreathNOUNNumber=Sing6 puffingobj
10forforADP_12 notecase
11everyeveryDETPronType=Tot12 notedet
12notenoteNOUNNumber=Sing6 puffingobl
13totoPART_14 makemark
14makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf6 puffingadvcl
15themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs14 makeobj
16separateseparateVERBVerbForm=Inf14 makexcomp
17..PUNCT_3 showspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresenta cartoona kidvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kid=Recipient
2puffgerunda kid not said herea fresh breathfor every notevn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location breath=Source
3maketo-infinitivea kid not said herethem = theytree rules
4separateinfinitivethem = they not said herevn 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?

objauxnsubjadvmodpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXhePRONreallyADVdoVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 doobj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 doaux
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 donsubj
4reallyreallyADV_5 doadvmod
5dodoVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 dopunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doshouldcartoonvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Hum the notes instead of blowing at all

detobjmarkfixedadvclcaseoblrootHumVERBtheDETnotesNOUNinsteadADVofADPblowingVERBatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HumhumVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 notesdet
3notesnoteNOUNNumber=Plur1 Humobj
4insteadinsteadADVExtPos=SCONJ6 blowingmark
5ofofADP_4 insteadfixed
6blowingblowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Humadvcl
7atatADP_8 allcase
8allallDETPronType=Tot6 blowingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1humimperativeyou not said herethe notesvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Topic
2blowgerundyou not said hereallvn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Hold his breath between notes and gasp

nmod:possobjcaseoblccconjrootHoldVERBhisPRONbreathNOUNbetweenADPnotesNOUNandCCONJgaspNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HoldholdVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 breathnmod:poss
3breathbreathNOUNNumber=Sing1 Holdobj
4betweenbetweenADP_5 notescase
5notesnoteNOUNNumber=Plur1 Holdobl
6andandCCONJ_7 gaspcc
7gaspgaspNOUNNumber=Sing5 notesconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1holdimperativeyou not said herehis breathnotes and gaspvn 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

nummodamodobjccconjdetobjcasenmod:possoblrootKeepVERBoneNUMsteadyADJbreathNOUNandCCONJstartVERBeachDETnoteNOUNwithADPhisPRONtongueNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1KeepkeepVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 breathnummod
3steadysteadyADJDegree=Pos4 breathamod
4breathbreathNOUNNumber=Sing1 Keepobj
5andandCCONJ_6 startcc
6startstartVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin1 Keepconj
7eacheachDETPronType=Tot8 notedet
8notenoteNOUNNumber=Sing6 startobj
9withwithADP_11 tonguecase
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 tonguenmod:poss
11tonguetongueNOUNNumber=Sing6 startobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keepimperativeyou not said hereone steady breathvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme
2startinfinitiveyou not said hereeach notewith his tonguevn 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
detadvmodobjpunctamodoblcasedetamodnmodpunctcasedetoblrootPuffVERBanDETevenADVharderADJ,PUNCTfreshADJbreathNOUNforADPeachDETnewADJnoteNOUN,PUNCTlikeADPaDETtrainNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PuffpuffVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 harderdet
3evenevenADV_4 harderadvmod
4harderhardADJDegree=Cmp1 Puffobj
5,,PUNCT_7 breathpunct
6freshfreshADJDegree=Pos7 breathamod
7breathbreathNOUNNumber=Sing1 Puffobl
8forforADP_11 notecase
9eacheachDETPronType=Tot11 notedet
10newnewADJDegree=Pos11 noteamod
11notenoteNOUNNumber=Sing7 breathnmod
12,,PUNCT_15 trainpunct
13likelikeADP_15 traincase
14aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art15 traindet
15traintrainNOUNNumber=Sing1 Puffobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1puffimperativeyou not said herea harderlike a train; fresh breath for each new note oblvn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hard=Source

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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