Test 9 · Music lessons and the recorder
Freya's teacher tells her, "Cover the window gap and blow sharply." What is she clearing?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher · What happens: tell, cover, blow, clear · To what, where: Freya, window gap · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: Freya's teacher tells her, "Cover the window gap and blow sharply."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freya | Freya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Freya | case |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tells | nsubj |
| 4 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tells | iobj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Cover | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Cover | punct |
| 8 | Cover | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 tells | ccomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 gap | det |
| 10 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gap | compound |
| 11 | gap | gap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Cover | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 blow | cc |
| 13 | blow | blow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 Cover | conj |
| 14 | sharply | sharply | ADV | _ | 13 blow | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 Cover | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Cover | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | Freya's teacher | Freya | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | cover in a quote | infinitive | the window gap | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gap=Destination | |||||
| 3 | blow in a quote | infinitive | sharply property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: 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 is she clearing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 clearing | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 clearing | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 clearing | nsubj |
| 4 | clearing | clear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 clearing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clear | present · progressive | teacher | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent what=Source |
The options
Option 1
Dust that blocks the finger holes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 blocks | nsubj |
| 3 | blocks | block | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Dust | acl:relcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 holes | det |
| 5 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 holes | compound |
| 6 | holes | hole | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 blocks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | block | present | Dust | the finger holes | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer hole=Theme |
Option 2
A wrong note stuck in the pipe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 note | det |
| 2 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 note | amod |
| 3 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 note | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 pipe | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 pipe | det |
| 7 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stuck | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | participle | a wrong note not said here | the pipe | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in pipe=Destination |
Option 3
A crack that lets the air leak out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 crack | det |
| 2 | crack | crack | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 lets | nsubj |
| 4 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 crack | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 air | det |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lets | obj |
| 7 | leak | leak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lets | xcomp |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 leak | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | a crack | the air | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leak out | infinitive | the air not said here | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Drops of condensation from inside the recorder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drops | drop | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 condensation | case |
| 3 | condensation | condensation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drops | nmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 recorder | case |
| 5 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 7 recorder | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 recorder | det |
| 7 | recorder | recorder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drops | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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