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Test 4 · ★ · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs

The uncle in the North East says, "Without her we'd be a train crash, pet." What does he mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, we · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: train crash · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: The uncle in the North East says, "Without her we'd be a train crash, pet."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 uncle	det
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 East	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 East	det
5	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 East	compound
6	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 uncle	nmod
7	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 says	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 crash	punct
10	Without	without	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 crash	obl
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 crash	nsubj
13	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 crash	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 crash	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 crash	det
16	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 crash	compound
17	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 says	ccomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 pet	punct
19	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 crash	vocative
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 crash	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 crash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the uncle in the North East						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	would	we	a train crash				without her = she; pet vocative	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 does he mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	uncle						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The orchestra travels to concerts by train

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 orchestra	det
2	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travels	nsubj
3	travels	travel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 concerts	case
5	concerts	concert	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 travels	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 train	case
7	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 travels	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	travel	present	the orchestra			concerts		by train	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to concert=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Without the conductor the orchestra would fall apart, dear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Without	without	ADP	_	3 conductor	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conductor	det
3	conductor	conductor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fall	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 orchestra	det
5	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fall	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fall	aux
7	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	apart	apart	ADV	_	7 fall	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 dear	punct
10	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fall	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall apart	would	the orchestra					without the conductor; apart property	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

The conductor causes accidents when she waves her stick about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 conductor	det
2	conductor	conductor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 causes	nsubj
3	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	accidents	accident	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 causes	obj
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 waves	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 waves	nsubj
7	waves	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 causes	advcl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 stick	nmod:poss
9	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waves	obj
10	about	about	ADV	_	7 waves	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	the conductor	accidents					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition accident=Patient
2	wave	present	conductor	conductor's stick				about property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient

Option 4

His pet dog plays in the orchestra on Sundays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dog	nmod:poss
2	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dog	compound
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plays	nsubj
4	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 orchestra	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 orchestra	det
7	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plays	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 Sundays	case
9	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 plays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	His pet dog			the orchestra	sunday		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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