Test 10 · Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons
A Gen Alpha kid says the Jaws tune is "so sus" ("sus" means suspicious). Why does it feel that way?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gen kid, Jaws tune, sus · What happens: say, be, mean, feel · To what, where: way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 24 «Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons» 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: A Gen Alpha kid says the Jaws tune is "so sus" ("sus" means suspicious).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kid | det |
| 2 | Gen | Gen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 kid | compound |
| 3 | Alpha | Alpha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Gen | flat |
| 4 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tune | det |
| 7 | Jaws | Jaws | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 tune | compound |
| 8 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sus | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 sus | cop |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 sus | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 sus | advmod |
| 12 | sus | suspect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 says | ccomp |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 sus | punct |
| 14 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 18 means | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 sus | punct |
| 16 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 means | nsubj |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 sus | punct |
| 18 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | parataxis |
| 19 | suspicious | suspicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 means | xcomp |
| 20 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 18 means | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Gen kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | the Jaws tune | suspect property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mean | present | sus | suspicious property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
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: Why does it feel that way?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 feel | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 feel | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 way | det |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feel | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 feel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present · do-support | sus | that way | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The music is written to make you feel danger is near
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 | 4 written | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 written | aux:pass |
| 4 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 make | mark |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 written | advcl |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 make | xcomp |
| 9 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 near | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 near | cop |
| 11 | near | near | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 feel | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present · passive | the music | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | you | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | feel | infinitive | you not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | is | present | danger | near property | tree rules |
Option 2
Two notes always sound suspicious in every song
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 notes | nummod |
| 2 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sound | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 sound | advmod |
| 4 | sound | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | suspicious | suspicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sound | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 song | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 song | det |
| 8 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sound | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | Two notes | every song | always, suspicious property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in song=Location |
Option 3
The tune is copied from a horror cartoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tune | det |
| 2 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 copied | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 copied | aux:pass |
| 4 | copied | copy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 cartoon | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cartoon | det |
| 7 | horror | horror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cartoon | compound |
| 8 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 copied | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | present · passive | the tune | a horror cartoon | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
The sound is too quiet to hear properly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sound | det |
| 2 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 quiet | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 quiet | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 quiet | advmod |
| 5 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 hear | mark |
| 7 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 quiet | xcomp |
| 8 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 7 hear | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the sound | quiet property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hear | to-infinitive | the sound not said here | properly property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
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