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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conor | Conor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Dublin | case |
| 3 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Conor | nmod |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 having | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 having | punct |
| 7 | Yer | yer | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 man | nmod:poss |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 having | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 man | case |
| 10 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 laugh | det |
| 12 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 having | obj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 having | punct |
| 14 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 19 joking | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 joking | punct |
| 16 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 fella | det |
| 17 | fella | fella | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 joking | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 fella | case |
| 19 | joking | joking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | parataxis |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 joking | punct |
| 21 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 19 joking | punct |
| 22 | about | about | ADP | _ | 26 strings | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 bandura | det |
| 24 | bandura | bandura | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 strings | nmod:poss |
| 25 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 24 bandura | case |
| 26 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 joking | nmod |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Conor in Dublin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have in a quote | gerund | a laugh | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 learn | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 learn | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 learn | nsubj |
| 4 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 learn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | should | Conor | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
It is a joke instrument from a TV show
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 | 5 instrument | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 instrument | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 instrument | det |
| 4 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 instrument | compound |
| 5 | instrument | instrument | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 show | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 show | det |
| 8 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 show | compound |
| 9 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 instrument | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a joke instrument | a TV show | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It really has around 55 to 65 strings and a long history
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 has | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 has | advmod |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | around | around | ADV | _ | 5 55 | advmod |
| 5 | 55 | 55 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 strings | nummod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 65 | case |
| 7 | 65 | 65 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 55 | nmod |
| 8 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 has | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 history | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 history | det |
| 11 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 history | amod |
| 12 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 strings | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | 55 strings and a long history | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient |
Option 3
It is just an Irish harp with a new name
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 | 6 harp | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 harp | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 harp | advmod |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 harp | det |
| 5 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 harp | amod |
| 6 | harp | harp | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 name | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 name | det |
| 9 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 name | amod |
| 10 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 harp | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a Irish harp | with a new name | tree rules |
Option 4
It has two real strings, and the rest are fake ones just for show
The tree, 14 words
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 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 strings | nummod |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 strings | amod |
| 5 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 ones | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 ones | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rest | det |
| 9 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ones | nsubj |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 ones | cop |
| 11 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 ones | amod |
| 12 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 strings | conj |
| 13 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 show | advmod |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 show | case |
| 15 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ones | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | two real strings and fake ones | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the rest | fake ones | for show | tree rules |
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