Test 8 · ★ · Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm
The class keeps rushing in the exciting bit. What is the most likely result?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: class, likely result · What happens: keep, rush, be · To what, where: exciting bit
This is test 8 · ★ 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: The class keeps rushing in the exciting bit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 class | det |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeps | nsubj |
| 3 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | rushing | rush | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keeps | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 bit | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bit | det |
| 7 | exciting | exciting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bit | amod |
| 8 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rushing | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | the class | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | rush | gerund | the class not said here | the exciting bit | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bit=Trajectory |
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 most likely result?
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 | 6 result | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 5 likely | advmod |
| 5 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 result | amod |
| 6 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the likely result | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The group falls apart instead of playing together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 group | det |
| 2 | group | group | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 falls | nsubj |
| 3 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 3 falls | advmod |
| 5 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=SCONJ | 7 playing | mark |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 instead | fixed |
| 7 | playing | play | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 falls | advcl |
| 8 | together | together | ADV | _ | 7 playing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall apart | present | the group | apart property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | play | gerund | the group not said here | together property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
They sound better because faster is always better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sound | nsubj |
| 2 | sound | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 sound | xcomp |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 faster | mark |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 better | advcl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 better | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 better | advmod |
| 8 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 sound | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | They | good property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | They not said here | always, good property | tree rules |
Option 3
The music gets quieter by itself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 music | det |
| 2 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | quieter | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 gets | xcomp |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 itself | case |
| 6 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 quieter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the music | quiet property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Nothing changes at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 changes | nsubj |
| 2 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 changes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | Nothing | all | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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