Test 7 · Music lessons and the recorder

Kid in Atlanta goes, "recorder is mid, no cap" ("mid" means boring, "no cap" means honestly). What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kid, recorder, mid, cap, best reply · What happens: go, be, mean · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 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: Kid in Atlanta goes, "recorder is mid, no cap" ("mid" means boring, "no cap" means honestly).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 goes	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Atlanta	case
3	Atlanta	Atlanta	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Kid	nmod
4	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mid	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 mid	punct
7	recorder	recorder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mid	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mid	cop
9	mid	mid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 goes	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cap	punct
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 cap	det
12	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mid	parataxis
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 mid	punct
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 means	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 mid	punct
16	mid	mid	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 means	nsubj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 mid	punct
18	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 goes	parataxis
19	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 means	xcomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 means	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 cap	punct
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	23 cap	det
23	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 means	nsubj
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 cap	punct
25	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 means	parataxis
26	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	25 means	advmod
27	)	)	PUNCT	_	25 means	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go	present	Kid in Atlanta		vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	recorder	mid property	tree rules
3	mean	present	mid	boring property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	mean	present	no cap	honestly property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: 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: What is the best reply?

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	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1

He is right, so he should stop all music lessons for good

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 stop	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 stop	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stop	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 stop	aux
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 lessons	det
10	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lessons	compound
11	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stop	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 good	case
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	stop	should	he	all music lessons				for good	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector lesson=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Fair opinion, but its skills carry over to the drums he wants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 opinion	amod
2	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carry	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 carry	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 carry	cc
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 skills	nmod:poss
6	skills	skill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carry	nsubj
7	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	over	over	ADV	_	7 carry	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 drums	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 drums	det
11	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carry	obl
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wants	nsubj
13	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 drums	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry over	present	Fair opinion			the drums		over property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to drum=Destination
2	want	present	he	the drums not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot drum=Theme

Option 3

Opinions about music are not allowed in class

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Opinions	opinion	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	about	about	ADP	_	3 music	case
3	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Opinions	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 allowed	aux:pass
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 allowed	advmod
6	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 class	case
8	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 allowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Opinions about music		class			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Recorder is the only instrument worth learning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recorder	recorder	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instrument	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 instrument	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 instrument	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 instrument	amod
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 learning	amod
7	learning	learning	NOUN	_	5 instrument	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Recorder	the only instrument and worth learning					tree rules

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