Test 11 · ★★ · Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didg…
Ava calls the guzheng a sideways piano. What would show her it isn't?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ava, guzheng · What happens: call, show, not be · To what, where: guzheng, Ava · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ 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: Ava calls the guzheng a sideways piano.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 calls | nsubj |
| 2 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 guzheng | det |
| 4 | guzheng | guzheng | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 calls | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 piano | det |
| 6 | sideways | sideways | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 piano | amod |
| 7 | piano | piano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 calls | xcomp |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | Ava | the guzheng | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guzheng=Recipient |
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 would show her it isn't?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 show | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 show | aux |
| 3 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 show | obj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 is | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 show | ccomp |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 is | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | would | Ava | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not be | present | guzheng | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
It is plucked with the fingers, not played with keys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 plucked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 plucked | aux:pass |
| 3 | plucked | pluck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 fingers | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fingers | det |
| 6 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 plucked | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 played | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 played | advmod |
| 9 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 plucked | conj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 keys | case |
| 11 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 played | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pluck | present · passive | It | with the fingers | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not play | participle | with keys | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with key=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
It has keys hidden underneath where you can't see them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 4 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 keys | acl |
| 5 | underneath | underneath | ADV | _ | 4 hidden | advmod |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 see | advmod |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 see | nsubj |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 see | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 see | advmod |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 hidden | advcl |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | keys | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hide | participle | keys not said here | underneath property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not see | can | you | keys = key | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 3
It is played with a bow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 played | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 played | aux:pass |
| 3 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 bow | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bow | det |
| 6 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 played | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | present · passive | It | with a bow | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: subject=Theme with bow=Co-Agent |
Option 4
It is blown like a horn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 blown | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 blown | aux:pass |
| 3 | blown | blow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 horn | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 horn | det |
| 6 | horn | horn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blown | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | present · passive | It | like a horn | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
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