Test 7 · ★ · Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm

Grandad says, "If two countries use different words for one note, one of them is wrong." What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, two countries, one, best reply · What happens: say, use, be · To what, where: different words · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Grandad says, "If two countries use different words for one note, one of them is wrong."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
5	If	if	SCONJ	_	8 use	mark
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 countries	nummod
7	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 use	nsubj
8	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	advcl
9	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 words	amod
10	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 use	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 note	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 note	nummod
13	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 use	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 wrong	punct
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 wrong	nsubj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 them	case
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 one	nmod
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 wrong	cop
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 use	advcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 wrong	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Grandad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	use a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	two countries	different words	for one note	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent word=Theme for note=Eventuality
3	is in a quote	present	one of countries		wrong property	tree rules

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 best reply?

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	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He's right, there must be one true name for each note, and the other is wrong

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	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	_	10 name	punct
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 be	expl
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 be	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 name	cop
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 name	nummod
9	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 name	amod
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 note	case
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 note	det
13	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 name	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 wrong	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 wrong	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 other	det
17	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 wrong	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 wrong	cop
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	is a	infinitive		one true name	for each note	tree rules
3	is	present	the other		wrong property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Different places can have correct names for the same thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 places	amod
2	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 names	amod
6	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 thing	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 thing	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thing	amod
10	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 names	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	can	Different places	correct names				for the same thing	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient

Option 3

Only British names count in music

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 names	advmod
2	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 names	amod
3	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 count	nsubj
4	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 music	case
6	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 count	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	British names			music			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Only American names count in music

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 names	advmod
2	American	American	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 names	amod
3	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 count	nsubj
4	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 music	case
6	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 count	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	American names			music			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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