Test 7 · ★ · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs Jamal says the sax player is "goated" (the greatest). His mate says it's "just random notes". Who is closer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jamal, sax player, mate · What happens: say, be · To what, where: random notes · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Jamal says the sax player is "goated" (the greatest).
nsubj det compound nsubj cop punct ccomp punct punct det ccomp punct punct root Jamal PROPN says VERB the DET sax NOUN player NOUN is AUX " PUNCT goated ADJ " PUNCT ( PUNCT the DET greatest ADJ ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jamal Jamal PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 player det 4 sax sax NOUN Number=Sing 5 player compound 5 player player NOUN Number=Sing 8 goated nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 goated cop 7 " " PUNCT _ 8 goated punct 8 goated goated ADJ Degree=Pos 2 says ccomp 9 " " PUNCT _ 8 goated punct 10 ( ( PUNCT _ 12 greatest punct 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 greatest det 12 greatest great ADJ Degree=Sup 2 says ccomp 13 ) ) PUNCT _ 12 greatest punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Jamal vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present the sax player goated property 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: His mate says it's "just random notes".
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj cop punct advmod amod ccomp punct punct root His PRON mate NOUN says VERB it PRON 's AUX " PUNCT just ADV random ADJ notes NOUN " PUNCT . PUNCT 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 2 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 notes nsubj 5 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 notes cop 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 notes punct 7 just just ADV _ 9 notes advmod 8 random random ADJ Degree=Pos 9 notes amod 9 notes note NOUN Number=Plur 3 says ccomp 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 notes punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Jamal's mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present mate random notes tree rules
Sentence 3: Who is closer?
nsubj cop punct root Who PRON is AUX closer ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 3 closer nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 closer cop 3 closer close ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 closer punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present close property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Jamal, because good improvising follows the song's rules
nsubj punct mark amod nsubj det nmod:poss case obj root Jamal PROPN , PUNCT because SCONJ good ADJ improvising VERB follows VERB the DET song NOUN 's PART rules NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jamal Jamal PROPN Number=Sing 6 follows nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 6 follows punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 6 follows mark 4 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 5 improvising amod 5 improvising improvise VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 follows nsubj 6 follows follow VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 song det 8 song song NOUN Number=Sing 10 rules nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 song case 10 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 6 follows obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 improvise gerund vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 follow present Jamal the song's rules vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme 3 rule the song nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent
Option 2 The mate, because improvising has no rules at all
det nsubj punct mark nsubj det obj case nmod root The DET mate NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ improvising VERB has VERB no DET rules NOUN at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 mate det 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 6 has nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 has punct 4 because because SCONJ _ 6 has mark 5 improvising improvise VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 has nsubj 6 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 no no DET PronType=Neg 8 rules det 8 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 6 has obj 9 at at ADP _ 10 all case 10 all all DET PronType=Tot 8 rules nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 improvise gerund vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 have present the mate no rules all vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Patient
Option 3 The mate, because sax can't play solos
det punct mark nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl obj root The DET mate NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ sax NOUN ca AUX n't PART play VERB solos NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 mate det 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 play punct 4 because because SCONJ _ 8 play mark 5 sax sax NOUN Number=Sing 8 play nsubj 6 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 play aux 7 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 8 play advmod 8 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 mate acl:relcl 9 solos solo NOUN Number=Plur 8 play obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not play can sax solos vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent solo=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Neither, because jazz is always written down note by note
advmod punct mark nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod compound:prt obj case obl root Neither ADV , PUNCT because SCONJ jazz NOUN is AUX always ADV written VERB down ADP note NOUN by ADP note NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neither neither ADV _ 7 written advmod 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Neither punct 3 because because SCONJ _ 7 written mark 4 jazz jazz NOUN Number=Sing 7 written nsubj:pass 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 written aux:pass 6 always always ADV PronType=Tot 7 written advmod 7 written write VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 8 down down ADP _ 7 written compound:prt 9 note note NOUN Number=Sing 7 written obj 10 by by ADP _ 11 note case 11 note note NOUN Number=Sing 7 written obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 write down present · passive note jazz always, neither property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient note=Topic
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