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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.

nmod:possnsubjnsubjauxccompccamodnsubjadvmodconjobjpunctrootYourPRONcousinNOUNsaysVERBFACENOUNisAUXcheatingVERBandCCONJrealADJmusiciansNOUNneverADVuseVERBtricksNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 cousinnmod:poss
2cousincousinNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4FACEfaceNOUNNumber=Sing6 cheatingnsubj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 cheatingaux
6cheatingcheatVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 saysccomp
7andandCCONJ_11 usecc
8realrealADJDegree=Pos9 musiciansamod
9musiciansmusicianNOUNNumber=Plur11 usensubj
10neverneverADVPronType=Neg11 useadvmod
11useuseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 saysconj
12trickstrickNOUNNumber=Plur11 useobj
13..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour cousinvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2cheatpresent · progressiveFACEvn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3not usepresentreal musicianstricksvn 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?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhichPRONisAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichPRONPronType=Rel3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

The trick gives the wrong notes on purpose

detnsubjdetamodobjcaseoblrootTheDETtrickNOUNgivesVERBtheDETwrongADJnotesNOUNonADPpurposeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 trickdet
2tricktrickNOUNNumber=Sing3 givesnsubj
3givesgiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 notesdet
5wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos6 notesamod
6notesnoteNOUNNumber=Plur3 givesobj
7ononADP_8 purposecase
8purposepurposeNOUNNumber=Sing3 givesobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepresentthe trickthe wrong notespurposevn 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

nsubjadvmodcasedetoblrootFACENOUNonlyADVworksVERBonADPtheDETpianoNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FACEfaceNOUNNumber=Sing3 worksnsubj
2onlyonlyADV_3 worksadvmod
3worksworkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4ononADP_6 pianocase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 pianodet
6pianopianoNOUNNumber=Sing3 worksobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1workpresentFACEon the pianovn 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

nsubjcompoundobjmarkdetnsubjadvclxcomprootMusiciansNOUNuseVERBmemoryNOUNtricksNOUNuntilSCONJtheDETnotesNOUNbecomeVERBautomaticADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MusiciansmusicianNOUNNumber=Plur2 usensubj
2useuseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3memorymemoryNOUNNumber=Sing4 trickscompound
4trickstrickNOUNNumber=Plur2 useobj
5untiluntilSCONJ_8 becomemark
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 notesdet
7notesnoteNOUNNumber=Plur8 becomensubj
8becomebecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 useadvcl
9automaticautomaticADJDegree=Pos8 becomexcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1usepresentMusiciansmemory tricksvn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Patient
2becomepresentthe notesautomatic propertyvn 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

amodnsubj:passaux:passmarkadvcldetobjccconjcaseoblrootRealADJmusiciansNOUNareAUXbannedVERBfromSCONJusingVERBanyDETsayingsNOUNorCCONJtricksNOUNatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RealrealADJDegree=Pos2 musiciansamod
2musiciansmusicianNOUNNumber=Plur4 bannednsubj:pass
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 bannedaux:pass
4bannedbanVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5fromfromSCONJ_6 usingmark
6usinguseVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part4 bannedadvcl
7anyanyDETPronType=Ind8 sayingsdet
8sayingssayingNOUNNumber=Plur6 usingobj
9ororCCONJ_10 trickscc
10trickstrickNOUNNumber=Plur8 sayingsconj
11atatADP_12 allcase
12allallDETPronType=Tot6 usingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1banpresent · passiveReal musiciansvn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2usegerundany sayings or tricksallvn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saying=Patient

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