Test 5 · ★★ · Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didg…
Sean in Belfast says, "Bagpipes are Scottish, so they are." Which fact puts it right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Belfast, Bagpipes, fact · What happens: sean, say, be, put · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Sean in Belfast says, "Bagpipes are Scottish, so they are."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sean | sean | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 4 says | mark |
| 3 | Belfast | Belfast | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Sean | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Scottish | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Scottish | punct |
| 7 | Bagpipes | bagpipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 Scottish | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 Scottish | cop |
| 9 | Scottish | Scottish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 are | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 are | advmod |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 are | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Sean | advcl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sean | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sean | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Belfast | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Bagpipes | scottish property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | does in a quote | present | Bagpipes = bagpipe | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Which fact puts it right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 fact | det |
| 2 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 puts | nsubj |
| 3 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 puts | obj |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 3 puts | xcomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 puts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present | which fact | it | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Bagpipes come only from England, and the Scots borrowed them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bagpipes | bagpipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 come | nsubj |
| 2 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 England | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 England | case |
| 5 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 come | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 borrowed | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 borrowed | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Scots | det |
| 9 | Scots | Scot | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 borrowed | nsubj |
| 10 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 come | conj |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 borrowed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Bagpipes | England | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from england=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | borrow | past | the Scots | Bagpipes = bagpipe | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Ireland, Spain and Bulgaria have their own bagpipes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 have | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Spain | punct |
| 3 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ireland | conj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Bulgaria | cc |
| 5 | Bulgaria | Bulgaria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Ireland | conj |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 bagpipes | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bagpipes | amod |
| 9 | bagpipes | bagpipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Ireland and Spain and Bulgaria | Ireland's own bagpipes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bagpipe=Patient |
Option 3
Bagpipes are a kind of trumpet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bagpipes | bagpipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 kind | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kind | det |
| 4 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 trumpet | case |
| 6 | trumpet | trumpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Bagpipes | a kind | of trumpet | tree rules |
Option 4
No country has bagpipes any more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 country | det |
| 2 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bagpipes | bagpipe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 has | obj |
| 5 | any | any | ADV | _ | 6 more | advmod |
| 6 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 has | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | no country | bagpipes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bagpipe=Patient |
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