Test 4 · ★ · Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm
Your cousin says FACE is cheating and real musicians never use tricks. Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, FACE, real musicians · What happens: say, cheat, not use, be · To what, where: tricks · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Your cousin says FACE is cheating and real musicians never use tricks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | FACE | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cheating | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cheating | aux |
| 6 | cheating | cheat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 use | cc |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 musicians | amod |
| 9 | musicians | musician | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 use | nsubj |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 use | advmod |
| 11 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 12 | tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 use | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | cheat | present · progressive | FACE | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not use | present | real musicians | tricks | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 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
The trick gives the wrong notes on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 trick | det |
| 2 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | nsubj |
| 3 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 notes | det |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 notes | amod |
| 6 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gives | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 purpose | case |
| 8 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | the trick | the wrong notes | purpose | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent note=Theme on purpose=Asset |
Option 2
FACE only works on the piano
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FACE | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 works | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 works | advmod |
| 3 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 piano | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 piano | det |
| 6 | piano | piano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | FACE | on the piano | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on piano=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Musicians use memory tricks until the notes become automatic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Musicians | musician | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 use | nsubj |
| 2 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tricks | compound |
| 4 | tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 use | obj |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 become | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 notes | det |
| 7 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 become | nsubj |
| 8 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 use | advcl |
| 9 | automatic | automatic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 become | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | Musicians | memory tricks | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient | ||||
| 2 | become | present | the notes | automatic property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Real musicians are banned from using any sayings or tricks at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 musicians | amod |
| 2 | musicians | musician | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 banned | aux:pass |
| 4 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 6 using | mark |
| 6 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 banned | advcl |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 sayings | det |
| 8 | sayings | saying | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 using | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 tricks | cc |
| 10 | tricks | trick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sayings | conj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 all | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 using | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | present · passive | Real musicians | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | use | gerund | any sayings or tricks | all | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saying=Patient |
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