Test 8 · ★ · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs
Ella's cousin rolls his eyes: "That encore was planned." What is true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin · What happens: roll, plan, be · To what, where: eyes, encore
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Ella's cousin rolls his eyes: "That encore was planned."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ella | case |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rolls | nsubj |
| 4 | rolls | roll | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 rolls | obj |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 planned | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 planned | punct |
| 9 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 encore | det |
| 10 | encore | encore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 planned | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 planned | aux:pass |
| 12 | planned | plan | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 rolls | advcl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 planned | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 planned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | roll | present | Ella's cousin | cousin's eyes | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Agent | ||||
| 2 | plan in a quote | past · passive | that encore | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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 is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Encores are always a surprise to the band, never planned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Encores | encore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 surprise | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 surprise | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 surprise | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 surprise | det |
| 5 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 band | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 band | det |
| 8 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 surprise | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 planned | punct |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 planned | advmod |
| 11 | planned | plan | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 surprise | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Encores | a surprise | to the band; always property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not plan | participle | Encores not said here | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The band only returns if the crowd cries real tears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 band | det |
| 2 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 returns | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 returns | advmod |
| 4 | returns | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 cries | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 crowd | det |
| 7 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cries | nsubj |
| 8 | cries | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 returns | advcl |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 tears | amod |
| 10 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cries | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | present | the band | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | cry speech: express a condition, not said to happen | present | the crowd | real tears | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tear=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Most big bands plan the encore, but cheering still matters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 bands | amod |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bands | amod |
| 3 | bands | band | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 plan | nsubj |
| 4 | plan | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 encore | det |
| 6 | encore | encore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 plan | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 matters | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 matters | cc |
| 9 | cheering | cheer | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 matters | csubj |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 cheering | advmod |
| 11 | matters | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 plan | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | present | Most big bands | the encore | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent encore=Topic | ||||
| 2 | cheer | gerund | still | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | matter | present | cheering | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Bands are not allowed to plan anything before a show
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bands | band | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 plan | mark |
| 6 | plan | plan | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 plan | obj |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 show | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 show | det |
| 10 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 plan | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Bands | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | plan not said to happen | to-infinitive | Bands not said here | anything | before a show | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |
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