Test 6 · ★ · Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm

In a game, a player sees a sharp and plays the note lower. What should happen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: player · What happens: see, play, happen · To what, where: sharp, game, note

This is test 6 · ★ 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: In a game, a player sees a sharp and plays the note lower.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 game	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 game	det
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sees	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 game	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 player	det
6	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sees	nsubj
7	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sharp	det
9	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sees	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 plays	cc
11	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sees	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 note	det
13	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plays	obj
14	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 plays	xcomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 sees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	a player	a sharp		a game			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sharp=Stimulus
2	play	present	a player not said here	the note				low property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme

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 should happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	should							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A sharp lifts the note a little, so it should go higher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sharp	det
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lifts	nsubj
3	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 note	det
5	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lifts	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 little	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lifts	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 go	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 go	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 go	nsubj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 go	aux
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lifts	parataxis
13	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 go	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	present	a sharp	the note				a little obl:unmarked	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme
2	go	should	note					high property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

That is right, a sharp always lowers a note a little

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lowers	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sharp	det
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lowers	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 lowers	advmod
8	lowers	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 note	det
10	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lowers	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 little	det
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lowers	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					right property	tree rules
2	lower	present	a sharp	a note				a little obl:unmarked; always property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme

Option 3

A sharp means play the note twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sharp	det
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 note	det
6	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	obj
7	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	a sharp						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	play	infinitive		the note				twice property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme

Option 4

A sharp means skip the note entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sharp	det
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	skip	skip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 note	det
6	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 skip	obj
7	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	4 skip	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	a sharp						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	skip	infinitive		the note				entirely property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Agent

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