Test 5 · ★ · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs
Ravi's gran says the busker is "grafting for every penny" (working hard). What does she think busking is?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gran, busker · What happens: say, graft, work, think, be · To what, where: busking · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Ravi's gran says the busker is "grafting for every penny" (working hard).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravi | Ravi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 gran | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ravi | case |
| 3 | gran | gran | 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 busker | det |
| 6 | busker | busker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grafting | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 grafting | aux |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 grafting | punct |
| 9 | grafting | graft | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 says | ccomp |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 penny | case |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 penny | det |
| 12 | penny | penny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grafting | obl |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 grafting | punct |
| 14 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 15 working | punct |
| 15 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 grafting | parataxis |
| 16 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 working | advmod |
| 17 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 15 working | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ravi's gran | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | graft in a quote | present · progressive | the busker | for every penny | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | work | gerund | hard property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 she think busking is?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 think | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 think | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 think | nsubj |
| 4 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | busking | busking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 think | obj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 busking | cop |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 think | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present · do-support | busker | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | busking | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A lazy way to get money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 way | det |
| 2 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 way | amod |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 way | acl |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | to-infinitive | money | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus |
Option 2
A crime against the town and its shops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 crime | det |
| 2 | crime | crime | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | against | against | ADP | _ | 5 town | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 town | det |
| 5 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 crime | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 shops | cc |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 shops | nmod:poss |
| 8 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 crime | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Real work that deserves a coin or a clap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 work | amod |
| 2 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 deserves | nsubj |
| 4 | deserves | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 work | acl:relcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 coin | det |
| 6 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deserves | obj |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 clap | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 clap | det |
| 9 | clap | clap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 coin | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deserve | present | Real work | a coin or a clap | tree rules |
Option 4
Begging that the police should stop at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Begging | beg | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 stop | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 police | det |
| 4 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stop | nsubj |
| 5 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stop | aux |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Begging | ccomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 stop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | gerund | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | stop | should | the police | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |
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