Test 10 · ★ · Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm
A cartoon shows the clef as a pretty curl the artist added for fun. What is the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, truth · What happens: show, add, be · To what, where: clef, artist
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2 «Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm» 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: A cartoon shows the clef as a pretty curl the artist added for fun.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 clef | det |
| 5 | clef | clef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 curl | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 curl | det |
| 8 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 curl | amod |
| 9 | curl | curl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 artist | det |
| 11 | artist | artist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 curl | conj |
| 12 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 artist | acl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 fun | case |
| 14 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 added | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | the clef | as a pretty curl and the artist | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent clef=Recipient | |||
| 2 | add speech: assert | participle | the artist not said here | for fun | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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 the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 truth | det |
| 4 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The clef tells you which line is which note
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 clef | det |
| 2 | clef | clef | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tells | nsubj |
| 3 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 tells | iobj |
| 5 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 6 line | det |
| 6 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 note | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 note | cop |
| 8 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 9 note | det |
| 9 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tells | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | the clef | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | which line | which note | tree rules |
Option 2
Clefs tell you how many players there are
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clefs | clef | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 tell | nsubj |
| 2 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 tell | iobj |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 many | advmod |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 players | amod |
| 6 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 tell | obj |
| 7 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 8 are | expl |
| 8 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 tell | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present | Clefs | many players | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient player=Topic | |||
| 2 | be | present | Clefs not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Clefs show how loud to play
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clefs | clef | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 show | nsubj |
| 2 | show | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 loud | advmod |
| 4 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 show | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 play | mark |
| 6 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 loud | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Clefs | loud property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | play | to-infinitive | Clefs not said here | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Clefs are only decoration and mean nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clefs | clef | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 decoration | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 decoration | advmod |
| 4 | decoration | decoration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Clefs | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 decoration | cc |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | decoration | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Clefs | nothing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
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