Test 2 · ★ · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs
Mei's sister says the festival was "bussin', no cap" (really good, honestly). What did she most likely need?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, festival · What happens: say, be, do · To what, where: bussin, likely need · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Mei's sister says the festival was "bussin', no cap" (really good, honestly).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mei | Mei | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mei | case |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 festival | det |
| 6 | festival | festival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bussin | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 bussin | cop |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bussin | punct |
| 9 | bussin | bussin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 10 | ', | ', | PUNCT | _ | 9 bussin | punct |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 cap | det |
| 12 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | parataxis |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 cap | punct |
| 14 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 16 good | punct |
| 15 | really | really | ADV | _ | 16 good | advmod |
| 16 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 honestly | punct |
| 18 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 16 good | advmod |
| 19 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 16 good | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Mei's sister | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | the festival | bussin | tree rules |
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 did she most likely need?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 did | nsubj |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 need | amod |
| 6 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | likely need | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, festivals can't harm your ears at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 festivals | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | festivals | festival | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 harm | nsubj |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 harm | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 harm | advmod |
| 6 | harm | harm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 ears | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 harm | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 harm | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not harm | can | Nothing festivals | your ears | all | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ear=Experiencer |
Option 2
A seat right by the stage, near the speakers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 seat | det |
| 2 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 6 stage | advmod |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 stage | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stage | det |
| 6 | stage | stage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 seat | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 speakers | punct |
| 8 | near | near | ADP | _ | 10 speakers | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 speakers | det |
| 10 | speakers | speaker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 seat | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A louder speaker to hear the band better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 speaker | det |
| 2 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 speaker | amod |
| 3 | speaker | speaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hear | mark |
| 5 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 speaker | acl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 band | det |
| 7 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hear | obj |
| 8 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 hear | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | to-infinitive | the band | well property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer band=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Earplugs and breaks to protect her ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Earplugs | earplug | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 breaks | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 breaks | cc |
| 3 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 protect | mark |
| 5 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 breaks | advcl |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ears | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 protect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | present | Earplugs | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | protect | to-infinitive | Earplugs not said here | her ears | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Beneficiary |
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