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Test 1 · Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit

Your mate goes, "Singing someone else's song is stealing, innit." What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Singing, someone, best answer · What happens: go, sing, steal, innit, be · To what, where: song · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 35 «Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit» 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 mate goes, "Singing someone else's song is stealing, innit."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctcsubjnmod:possadvmodcaseobjauxparataxispunctconjpunctpunctrootYourPRONmateNOUNgoesVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTSingingVERBsomeonePRONelseADV'sPARTsongNOUNisAUXstealingVERB,PUNCTinnitVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 matenmod:poss
2matemateNOUNNumber=Sing3 goesnsubj
3goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 Singingpunct
5""PUNCT_6 Singingpunct
6SingingsingVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 stealingcsubj
7someonesomeonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind10 songnmod:poss
8elseelseADV_7 someoneadvmod
9's'sPART_7 someonecase
10songsongNOUNNumber=Sing6 Singingobj
11isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 stealingaux
12stealingstealVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 goesparataxis
13,,PUNCT_14 innitpunct
14innitinnitVERBVerbForm=Inf3 goesconj
15..PUNCT_3 goespunct
16""PUNCT_3 goespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresentYour matevn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2sing speech: express in a quotegerundsomeone's songvn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
3steal in a quotepresent · progressiveSingingvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4innit in a quoteinfinitiveYour mate not said heretree rules
5sing in a quotesomeonenom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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 the best answer?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETbestADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 answerdet
4bestgoodADJDegree=Sup5 answeramod
5answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe best answertree rules

The options

Option 1

Only famous singers are allowed to do covers, not school kids

advmodamodnsubj:passaux:passmarkxcompobjpunctadvmodcompoundoblrootOnlyADVfamousADJsingersNOUNareAUXallowedVERBtoPARTdoVERBcoversNOUN,PUNCTnotPARTschoolNOUNkidsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_3 singersadvmod
2famousfamousADJDegree=Pos3 singersamod
3singerssingerNOUNNumber=Plur5 allowednsubj:pass
4arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 allowedaux:pass
5allowedallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6totoPART_7 domark
7dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf5 allowedxcomp
8coverscoverNOUNNumber=Plur7 doobj
9,,PUNCT_12 kidspunct
10notnotPARTPolarity=Neg12 kidsadvmod
11schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing12 kidscompound
12kidskidNOUNNumber=Plur5 allowedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1allowpresent · passivefamous singersschool kids oblvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2do not said to happento-infinitivefamous singers not said herecoversvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Eventuality

Option 2

Covers are only allowed when you sing quietly in the shower

nsubj:passaux:passadvmodadvmodnsubjadvcladvmodcasedetoblrootCoversNOUNareAUXonlyADVallowedVERBwhenADVyouPRONsingVERBquietlyADVinADPtheDETshowerNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CoverscoverNOUNNumber=Plur4 allowednsubj:pass
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 allowedaux:pass
3onlyonlyADV_4 allowedadvmod
4allowedallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5whenwhenADVPronType=Int7 singadvmod
6youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs7 singnsubj
7singsingVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 allowedadvcl
8quietlyquietlyADV_7 singadvmod
9ininADP_11 showercase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 showerdet
11showershowerNOUNNumber=Sing7 singobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1allowpresent · passiveCoversvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2sing speech: expresspresentyouthe showerquietly propertyvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shower=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Covers are normal

nsubjcoprootCoversNOUNareAUXnormalADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CoverscoverNOUNNumber=Plur3 normalnsubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 normalcop
3normalnormalADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentCoversnormal propertytree rules

Option 4

He is right, nobody is allowed to sing anybody else's songs

nsubjcoppunctnsubj:passaux:passconjmarkxcompnmod:possadvmodcaseobjrootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTnobodyPRONisAUXallowedVERBtoPARTsingVERBanybodyPRONelseADV'sPARTsongsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 allowedpunct
5nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg7 allowednsubj:pass
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 allowedaux:pass
7allowedallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 rightconj
8totoPART_9 singmark
9singsingVERBVerbForm=Inf7 allowedxcomp
10anybodyanybodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind13 songsnmod:poss
11elseelseADV_10 anybodyadvmod
12's'sPART_10 anybodycase
13songssongNOUNNumber=Plur9 singobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2allowpresent · passivenobodyvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3sing speech: express not said to happento-infinitivenobody not said hereanybody's songsvn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
4singanybodynom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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