Test 5 · Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work

A Bristol lad calls a busker "gurt silly" ("gurt" means very). What is the fairer view?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bristol lad, gurt, fairer view · What happens: call, mean, be · To what, where: busker · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 of lesson 39 «Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work» 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 Bristol lad calls a busker "gurt silly" ("gurt" means very).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lad	det
2	Bristol	Bristol	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lad	compound
3	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	nsubj
4	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 busker	det
6	busker	busker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 silly	punct
8	gurt	gurt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 silly	compound
9	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 busker	parataxis
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 silly	punct
11	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 means	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 gurt	punct
13	gurt	gurt	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 means	nsubj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 gurt	punct
15	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 calls	parataxis
16	very	very	ADV	_	15 means	advmod
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	15 means	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 calls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	present	a Bristol lad	a busker					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent busker=Recipient
2	mean	present	gurt						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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 fairer view?

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 view	det
4	fairer	fair	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 view	amod
5	view	view	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 fairer view						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Busking needs no practice or skill at all, you just stand there and play

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Busking	busking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 practice	det
4	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 needs	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 skill	cc
6	skill	skill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 practice	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 practice	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stand	punct
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 stand	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 stand	advmod
12	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 needs	parataxis
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 stand	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 play	cc
15	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 stand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	need	present	Busking	no practice or skill	all	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot practice=Theme
2	stand	present	you		there	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	play	infinitive	you not said here			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Buskers work, practising and entertaining strangers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buskers	busker	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 work	nsubj
2	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 practising	punct
4	practising	practise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 work	advcl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 strangers	cc
6	entertaining	entertaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 strangers	amod
7	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 practising	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Buskers						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	practise	gerund	Buskers not said here						tree rules

Option 3

Buskers are breaking the law in every town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buskers	busker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 breaking	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 breaking	aux
3	breaking	break	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 law	det
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaking	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 town	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 town	det
8	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 breaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · progressive	Buskers	the law		every town			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer law=Patient

Option 4

Buskers are paid by the shops they stand near

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buskers	busker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paid	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	aux:pass
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 shops	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shops	det
6	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paid	obl
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stand	nsubj
8	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	acl:relcl
9	near	near	ADV	_	8 stand	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive	the shops	Buskers					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset
2	stand	present	Buskers = busker					near property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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