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Test 2 · ★★ · Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didg…

Conor in Dublin says, "Yer man's having a laugh" ("that fella's joking") about the bandura's strings. What should he learn?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Conor · What happens: say, have, learn · To what, where: laugh · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Conor in Dublin says, "Yer man's having a laugh" ("that fella's joking") about the bandura's strings.

nsubjcasenmodpunctpunctnmod:possnmod:posscaseccompdetobjpunctpunctpunctdetnmod:posscaseparataxispunctpunctcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctrootConorPROPNinADPDublinPROPNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTYerPRONmanNOUN'sPARThavingVERBaDETlaughNOUN"PUNCT(PUNCT"PUNCTthatDETfellaNOUN'sPARTjokingNOUN"PUNCT)PUNCTaboutADPtheDETbanduraNOUN'sPARTstringsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ConorConorPROPNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
2ininADP_3 Dublincase
3DublinDublinPROPNNumber=Sing1 Conornmod
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_10 havingpunct
6""PUNCT_10 havingpunct
7YeryerPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 mannmod:poss
8manmanNOUNNumber=Sing10 havingnmod:poss
9's'sPART_8 mancase
10havinghaveVERBVerbForm=Ger4 saysccomp
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 laughdet
12laughlaughNOUNNumber=Sing10 havingobj
13""PUNCT_10 havingpunct
14((PUNCT_19 jokingpunct
15""PUNCT_19 jokingpunct
16thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem17 felladet
17fellafellaNOUNNumber=Sing19 jokingnmod:poss
18's'sPART_17 fellacase
19jokingjokingNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysparataxis
20""PUNCT_19 jokingpunct
21))PUNCT_19 jokingpunct
22aboutaboutADP_26 stringscase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 banduradet
24bandurabanduraNOUNNumber=Sing26 stringsnmod:poss
25's'sPART_24 banduracase
26stringsstringNOUNNumber=Plur19 jokingnmod
27..PUNCT_4 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentConor in Dublinvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2have in a quotegerunda laughvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=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 learn?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONshouldAUXhePRONlearnVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 learnobj
2shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 learnaux
3hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 learnnsubj
4learnlearnVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 learnpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1learnshouldConorvn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

It is a joke instrument from a TV show

nsubjcopdetcompoundcasedetcompoundnmodrootItPRONisAUXaDETjokeNOUNinstrumentNOUNfromADPaDETTVNOUNshowNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 instrumentnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 instrumentcop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 instrumentdet
4jokejokeNOUNNumber=Sing5 instrumentcompound
5instrumentinstrumentNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6fromfromADP_9 showcase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 showdet
8TVTVNOUNNumber=Sing9 showcompound
9showshowNOUNNumber=Sing5 instrumentnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta joke instrumenta TV showtree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It really has around 55 to 65 strings and a long history

nsubjadvmodadvmodnummodcasenmodobjccdetamodconjrootItPRONreallyADVhasVERBaroundADV55NUMtoADP65NUMstringsNOUNandCCONJaDETlongADJhistoryNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 hasnsubj
2reallyreallyADV_3 hasadvmod
3hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aroundaroundADV_5 55advmod
55555NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card8 stringsnummod
6totoADP_7 65case
76565NUMNumForm=Digit NumType=Card5 55nmod
8stringsstringNOUNNumber=Plur3 hasobj
9andandCCONJ_12 historycc
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 historydet
11longlongADJDegree=Pos12 historyamod
12historyhistoryNOUNNumber=Sing8 stringsconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentIt55 strings and a long historyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient

Option 3

It is just an Irish harp with a new name

nsubjcopadvmoddetamodcasedetamodnmodrootItPRONisAUXjustADVanDETIrishADJharpNOUNwithADPaDETnewADJnameNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 harpnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 harpcop
3justjustADV_6 harpadvmod
4anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 harpdet
5IrishIrishADJDegree=Pos6 harpamod
6harpharpNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7withwithADP_10 namecase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art10 namedet
9newnewADJDegree=Pos10 nameamod
10namenameNOUNNumber=Sing6 harpnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta Irish harpwith a new nametree rules

Option 4

It has two real strings, and the rest are fake ones just for show

The tree, 14 words
nsubjnummodamodobjpunctccdetnsubjcopamodconjadvmodcasenmodrootItPRONhasVERBtwoNUMrealADJstringsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETrestNOUNareAUXfakeADJonesNOUNjustADVforADPshowNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 hasnsubj
2hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card5 stringsnummod
4realrealADJDegree=Pos5 stringsamod
5stringsstringNOUNNumber=Plur2 hasobj
6,,PUNCT_12 onespunct
7andandCCONJ_12 onescc
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 restdet
9restrestNOUNNumber=Sing12 onesnsubj
10arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 onescop
11fakefakeADJDegree=Pos12 onesamod
12onesoneNOUNNumber=Plur5 stringsconj
13justjustADV_15 showadvmod
14forforADP_15 showcase
15showshowNOUNNumber=Sing12 onesnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentIttwo real strings and fake onesvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient
2is apresentthe restfake onesfor showtree 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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