Test 11 · ★ · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs
A cartoon shows the orchestra warming up and the audience cheering the "amazing music". What's funny about that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, orchestra, audience · What happens: show, warm up, cheer, be · To what, where: orchestra, amazing music
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 11 «Concerts, orchestras and live gigs» 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: A cartoon shows the orchestra warming up and the audience cheering the "amazing music".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 orchestra | det |
| 5 | orchestra | orchestra | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | warming | warm | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 orchestra | acl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 warming | compound:prt |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 audience | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 audience | det |
| 10 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 orchestra | conj |
| 11 | cheering | cheer | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 audience | acl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 music | det |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 music | punct |
| 14 | amazing | amazing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 music | amod |
| 15 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cheering | obj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 music | punct |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | the orchestra and the audience | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent orchestra=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | warm up | gerund | the orchestra and the audience not said here | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | cheer | gerund | the audience not said here | the amazing music | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus music=Experiencer |
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's funny about that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 funny | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 funny | cop |
| 3 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 funny | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 funny | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about that; funny property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The warm-up noise is only tuning, not the music
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 noise | det |
| 2 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 up | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 warm | punct |
| 4 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 noise | compound |
| 5 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tuning | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 tuning | aux |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 tuning | advmod |
| 8 | tuning | tune | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 music | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 music | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 music | det |
| 12 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tuning | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tune | present · progressive | the up noise | tree rules |
Option 2
Orchestras never warm up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orchestras | orchestra | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 warm | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 warm | advmod |
| 3 | warm | warm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 warm | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not warm up | present | Orchestras | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
The audience should have booed the conductor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 audience | det |
| 2 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 booed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 booed | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 booed | aux |
| 5 | booed | boo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 conductor | det |
| 7 | conductor | conductor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 booed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boo | should · perfect · passive | the audience | tree rules |
Option 4
Warm-ups are the best part of a concert
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Warm | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 part | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 part | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 part | det |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 part | amod |
| 7 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 concert | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 concert | det |
| 10 | concert | concert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 part | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Warm ups | the best part | of a concert | tree rules |
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