Test 4 · Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons
Your cousin says the lightsaber noise "must be from a real space weapon, no cap". Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, lightsaber noise · What happens: say, be · To what, where: real space weapon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 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: Your cousin says the lightsaber noise "must be from a real space weapon, no cap".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 noise | det |
| 5 | lightsaber | lightsaber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 noise | compound |
| 6 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 weapon | nsubj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 noise | punct |
| 8 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 weapon | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 weapon | cop |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 weapon | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 weapon | det |
| 12 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 weapon | amod |
| 13 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 weapon | compound |
| 14 | weapon | weapon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 cap | punct |
| 16 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 17 cap | det |
| 17 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 weapon | appos |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 cap | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | must | the lightsaber noise | a real space weapon | 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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 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
It is the sound of the main actor humming into a tube
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sound | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sound | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sound | det |
| 4 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 actor | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 actor | det |
| 7 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 actor | amod |
| 8 | actor | actor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sound | nmod |
| 9 | humming | hum | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 actor | acl |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 tube | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 tube | det |
| 12 | tube | tube | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 humming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the sound | of the main actor | tree rules | |||
| 2 | hum | gerund | the main actor not said here | a tube | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into tube=Recipient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It came from ordinary machines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 machines | case |
| 4 | ordinary | ordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 machines | amod |
| 5 | machines | machine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 came | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | It | ordinary machines | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from machine=Initial_Location |
Option 3
It was made by firing a real laser in a laboratory
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 5 firing | mark |
| 5 | firing | fire | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 made | advcl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 laser | det |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 laser | amod |
| 8 | laser | laser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 firing | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 laboratory | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 laboratory | det |
| 11 | laboratory | laboratory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 firing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | It | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 2 | fire | gerund | a real laser | a laboratory | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent laser=Theme in laboratory=Destination |
Option 4
It was recorded on board a real spaceship flying in space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 recorded | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 recorded | aux:pass |
| 3 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 spaceship | case |
| 5 | board | board | ADP | _ | 8 spaceship | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 spaceship | det |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 spaceship | amod |
| 8 | spaceship | spaceship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 recorded | obl |
| 9 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 spaceship | acl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 space | case |
| 11 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 flying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | past · passive | It | a real spaceship | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on spaceship=Destination | ||||
| 2 | fly | gerund | a real spaceship not said here | space | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in space=Location |
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