Test 5 · Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons
In a cartoon, a sound maker crunches celery while a skeleton breaks a bone. What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sound maker, skeleton, this · What happens: crunch, break, show · To what, where: celery, cartoon, bone
This is test 5 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: In a cartoon, a sound maker crunches celery while a skeleton breaks a bone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 crunches | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 maker | det |
| 6 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 maker | compound |
| 7 | maker | maker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 crunches | nsubj |
| 8 | crunches | crunch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | celery | celery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 crunches | obj |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 breaks | mark |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 skeleton | det |
| 12 | skeleton | skeleton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 breaks | nsubj |
| 13 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 crunches | advcl |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 bone | det |
| 15 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 breaks | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 crunches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crunch | present | a sound maker | celery | a cartoon | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent celery=Patient | |||
| 2 | break | present | a skeleton | a bone | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bone=Patient |
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 does this show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Celery is actually made of bone, which is why it crunches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celery | celery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 4 made | advmod |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 bone | case |
| 6 | bone | bone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 why | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 why | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 why | cop |
| 10 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 bone | acl:relcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 crunches | nsubj |
| 12 | crunches | crunch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 why | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | Celery | of bone; actually property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | is | present | bone | why property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | crunch | present | Celery | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Cartoons record the sound of real broken bones in hospitals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 record | nsubj |
| 2 | record | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sound | det |
| 4 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 record | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 bones | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bones | amod |
| 7 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 bones | amod |
| 8 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sound | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 hospitals | case |
| 10 | hospitals | hospital | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bones | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | present | Cartoons | the sound of real broken bones in hospitals | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme | ||||
| 2 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Food sounds are banned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sounds | compound |
| 2 | sounds | sound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 banned | aux:pass |
| 4 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | present · passive | Food sounds | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Foley uses surprising everyday objects
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Foley | Foley | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 uses | nsubj |
| 2 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | surprising | surprising | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 objects | amod |
| 4 | everyday | everyday | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 objects | amod |
| 5 | objects | object | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 uses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | Foley | surprising everyday objects | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Patient |
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