Test 7 · Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons
A girl from Texas says, "Y'all, this film is way too loud, my ears are ringing." What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, film, Y'all · What happens: say, be, ring, do · To what, where: way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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 girl from Texas says, "Y'all, this film is way too loud, my ears are ringing."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 Texas | case |
| 4 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Y'all | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 Y'all | punct |
| 8 | Y'all | Y'all | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 ringing | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 way | punct |
| 10 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 film | det |
| 11 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 way | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 way | cop |
| 13 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Y'all | appos |
| 14 | too | too | ADV | _ | 15 loud | advmod |
| 15 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 way | amod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 ears | punct |
| 17 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 ears | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 ringing | nsubj |
| 19 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 ringing | aux |
| 20 | ringing | ring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 says | ccomp |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 ringing | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 ringing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a girl from Texas | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | this film | way | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | ring in a quote | present · progressive | Y'all | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
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 should she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | Y'all | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Sit right next to the speaker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | right | right | ADV | _ | 3 next | advmod |
| 3 | next | next | ADV | _ | 1 Sit | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 speaker | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 speaker | det |
| 6 | speaker | speaker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | imperative | you not said here | to the speaker; next property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Ignore it, ringing means the film is good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 ringing | compound |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ignore | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ignore | punct |
| 4 | ringing | ringing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 film | det |
| 7 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 good | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 good | cop |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | infinitive | it | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | Ignore ringing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | the film | good property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Cover her ears or ask to move, to protect her hearing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 ears | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Cover | obj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 ask | cc |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Cover | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 move | mark |
| 7 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ask | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 protect | punct |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 protect | mark |
| 10 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Cover | advcl |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 hearing | nmod:poss |
| 12 | hearing | hearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 protect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | imperative | you not said here | her ears | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ear=Destination | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | move not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | protect | to-infinitive | you not said here | her hearing | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hearing=Beneficiary | ||||
| 5 | hear | her = she | nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Turn up her own headphones too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Turn | compound:prt |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 headphones | nmod:poss |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 headphones | amod |
| 5 | headphones | headphone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Turn | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 1 Turn | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn up | imperative | you not said here | her own headphones | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location headphone=Theme |
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