Test 3 · Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons
A kid in Liverpool says, "That voice is boss, she must be a little girl for real" ("boss" means great). What is likely true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, voice, boss · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: boss, little girl · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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 kid in Liverpool says, "That voice is boss, she must be a little girl for real" ("boss" means great).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Liverpool | case |
| 4 | Liverpool | Liverpool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 kid | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 boss | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 boss | punct |
| 8 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 voice | det |
| 9 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 boss | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 boss | cop |
| 11 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 girl | punct |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 girl | nsubj |
| 14 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 girl | aux |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 girl | cop |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 girl | det |
| 17 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 girl | amod |
| 18 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 boss | appos |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 real | case |
| 20 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 girl | nmod |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 real | punct |
| 22 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 26 means | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 boss | punct |
| 24 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 means | nsubj |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 boss | punct |
| 26 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 girl | parataxis |
| 27 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 means | xcomp |
| 28 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 26 means | punct |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a kid in Liverpool | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | that voice | boss | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | must | kid | a little girl | for real | tree rules | |||
| 4 | mean | present | boss | great 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: What is likely true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 true | amod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only children can voice cartoon children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 children | advmod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 children | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 children | aux |
| 4 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cartoon | compound |
| 5 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 children | compound |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The voice could belong to a grown-up voice actor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 voice | det |
| 2 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 belong | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 belong | aux |
| 4 | belong | belong | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 actor | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 actor | det |
| 7 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 actor | amod |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 up | punct |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 grown | compound:prt |
| 10 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 actor | compound |
| 11 | actor | actor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 belong | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | belong | could | the voice | to a grown voice actor | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | grow up | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Grown-ups are not allowed to do voices
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ups | amod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grown | punct |
| 3 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 allowed | advmod |
| 6 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 do | mark |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 allowed | xcomp |
| 9 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not allow | present · passive | Grown ups | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | Grown ups not said here | voices | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality |
Option 4
The cartoon recorded a real princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 recorded | nsubj |
| 3 | recorded | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 princess | det |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 princess | amod |
| 6 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 recorded | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | past | the cartoon | a real princess | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
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