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."
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Singing | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Singing | punct |
| 6 | Singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 stealing | csubj |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 song | nmod:poss |
| 8 | else | else | ADV | _ | 7 someone | advmod |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 someone | case |
| 10 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Singing | obj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 stealing | aux |
| 12 | stealing | steal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 goes | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 innit | punct |
| 14 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 goes | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | sing speech: express in a quote | gerund | someone's song | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | |||||
| 3 | steal in a quote | present · progressive | Singing | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | innit in a quote | infinitive | Your mate not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | sing in a quote | someone | nom 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Only famous singers are allowed to do covers, not school kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 singers | advmod |
| 2 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 singers | amod |
| 3 | singers | singer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 allowed | xcomp |
| 8 | covers | cover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 do | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 kids | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 kids | advmod |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kids | compound |
| 12 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 allowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | famous singers | school kids obl | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | famous singers not said here | covers | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Eventuality |
Option 2
Covers are only allowed when you sing quietly in the shower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covers | cover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 sing | advmod |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 sing | nsubj |
| 7 | sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | advcl |
| 8 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 7 sing | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 shower | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 shower | det |
| 11 | shower | shower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | Covers | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | |||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | present | you | the shower | quietly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shower=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Covers are normal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covers | cover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 normal | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 normal | cop |
| 3 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Covers | normal property | tree rules |
Option 4
He is right, nobody is allowed to sing anybody else's songs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 allowed | punct |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 allowed | aux:pass |
| 7 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 right | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 sing | mark |
| 9 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 allowed | xcomp |
| 10 | anybody | anybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 songs | nmod:poss |
| 11 | else | else | ADV | _ | 10 anybody | advmod |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 anybody | case |
| 13 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | allow | present · passive | nobody | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | sing speech: express not said to happen | to-infinitive | nobody not said here | anybody's songs | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | ||||
| 4 | sing | anybody | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
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