Test 10 · ★★ · Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didg…
Tom says, "Drums can only make one sound, bruv." What does the tabla show?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, Drums · What happens: say, make, do · To what, where: one sound, tabla show · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didgeridoo and more» 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: Tom says, "Drums can only make one sound, bruv."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 make | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 make | punct |
| 5 | Drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 make | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 make | aux |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 make | advmod |
| 8 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 sound | nummod |
| 10 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 make | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bruv | punct |
| 12 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sound | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 make | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 make | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Tom | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make in a quote | can | Drums | one sound and bruv | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sound=Product |
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 does the tabla show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 does | nsubj |
| 2 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 show | det |
| 4 | tabla | tabla | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 show | compound |
| 5 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 does | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | the tabla show | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
He's right, every drum has one sound
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 | 's | 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 | _ | 7 has | punct |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 drum | det |
| 6 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 sound | nummod |
| 9 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present | every drum | one sound | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient |
Option 2
Only electric drums can change sound
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 drums | advmod |
| 2 | electric | electric | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 drums | amod |
| 3 | drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 change | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 change | aux |
| 5 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 change | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | can | electric drums | sound | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Drums can change pitch and make many sounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 change | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | aux |
| 3 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | pitch | pitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 change | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 make | cc |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | conj |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sounds | amod |
| 8 | sounds | sound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | can | Drums | pitch | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitch=Patient | ||||
| 2 | make | present | Drums not said here | many sounds | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product |
Option 4
Tabla are not really drums
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tabla | tabla | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 drums | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 drums | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 drums | advmod |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 drums | advmod |
| 5 | drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | Tabla | drums | tree rules |
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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