Test 9 · ★ · Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm Lad in Newcastle goes, "Howay man, reading music's for swots, me." ("howay" means come on). What is the fairest answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lad, howay, fairest answer · What happens: go, read, mean, come on, be · To what, where: Howay man, music · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Lad in Newcastle goes, "Howay man, reading music's for swots, me."
nsubj case nmod punct punct compound obl punct advcl obj case case obl punct parataxis punct punct root Lad NOUN in ADP Newcastle PROPN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Howay PROPN man NOUN , PUNCT reading VERB music NOUN 's PART for ADP swots NOUN , PUNCT me PRON . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lad lad NOUN Number=Sing 4 goes nsubj 2 in in ADP _ 3 Newcastle case 3 Newcastle Newcastle PROPN Number=Sing 1 Lad nmod 4 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 man punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 man punct 7 Howay Howay PROPN Number=Sing 8 man compound 8 man man NOUN Number=Sing 4 goes obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 reading punct 10 reading read VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 goes advcl 11 music music NOUN Number=Sing 10 reading obj 12 's 's PART _ 11 music case 13 for for ADP _ 14 swots case 14 swots swot NOUN Number=Plur 10 reading obl 15 , , PUNCT _ 16 me punct 16 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 reading parataxis 17 . . PUNCT _ 4 goes punct 18 " " PUNCT _ 4 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Lad in Newcastle Howay man vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 read in a quote gerund Lad in Newcastle not said here music for swots vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Topic
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: ("howay" means come on).
punct punct nsubj punct ccomp advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT howay NOUN " PUNCT means VERB come VERB on ADV ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 howay punct 3 howay howay NOUN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 howay punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 come come VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 means ccomp 7 on on ADV _ 6 come advmod 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present howay vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 come on infinitive vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What is the fairest answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET fairest ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT 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 answer det 4 fairest fair ADJ Degree=Sup 5 answer amod 5 answer answer 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 fairest answer tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice He is wrong, nobody can play by ear
nsubj cop punct nsubj aux parataxis case obl root He PRON is AUX wrong ADJ , PUNCT nobody PRON can AUX play VERB by ADP ear NOUN 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 wrong nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 play punct 5 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 play nsubj 6 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 play aux 7 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 wrong parataxis 8 by by ADP _ 9 ear case 9 ear ear NOUN Number=Sing 7 play obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He wrong property tree rules 2 play can nobody by ear vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Only swots are allowed to play music
advmod nsubj:pass aux:pass mark xcomp obj root Only ADV swots NOUN are AUX allowed VERB to PART play VERB music NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 swots advmod 2 swots swot NOUN Number=Plur 4 allowed nsubj:pass 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 allowed aux:pass 4 allowed allow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 to to PART _ 6 play mark 6 play play VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 allowed xcomp 7 music music NOUN Number=Sing 6 play obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 allow present · passive swots vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality 2 play not said to happen to-infinitive swots not said here music vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Playing by ear and reading are both useful skills
csubj case obl cc conj cop advmod amod root Playing VERB by ADP ear NOUN and CCONJ reading NOUN are AUX both ADV useful ADJ skills NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Playing play VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 skills csubj 2 by by ADP _ 3 ear case 3 ear ear NOUN Number=Sing 1 Playing obl 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 reading cc 5 reading reading NOUN Number=Sing 3 ear conj 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 skills cop 7 both both ADV _ 8 useful advmod 8 useful useful ADJ Degree=Pos 9 skills amod 9 skills skill NOUN Number=Plur root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 play gerund by ear and reading vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a present Playing useful skills tree rules
Option 4 he's right, nobody needs to read music these days, man
nsubj cop punct nsubj advcl mark xcomp obj det obj punct conj root he PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT nobody PRON needs VERB to PART read VERB music NOUN these DET days NOUN , PUNCT man NOUN 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 _ 6 needs punct 5 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 6 needs nsubj 6 needs need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right advcl 7 to to PART _ 8 read mark 8 read read VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 needs xcomp 9 music music NOUN Number=Sing 8 read obj 10 these this DET Number=Plur PronType=Dem 11 days det 11 days day NOUN Number=Plur 8 read obj 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 man punct 13 man man NOUN Number=Sing 3 right conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present he right property tree rules 2 need present nobody vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme 3 read not said to happen to-infinitive nobody not said here music day vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Topic
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