Test 8 · Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work
A kid in Pennsylvania says Taylor Swift re-recording is "sus, she's just milking it" ("sus" means suspicious). What did she explain?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, Taylor Swift re-recording, sus · What happens: say, be, milk, mean, explain · To what, where: sus, re-recording · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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 kid in Pennsylvania says Taylor Swift re-recording is "sus, she's just milking it" ("sus" means suspicious).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 kid | det |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Pennsylvania | case |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 kid | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Taylor | Taylor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 re-recording | compound |
| 7 | Swift | Swift | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 re-recording | compound |
| 8 | re-recording | re-recording | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sus | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 sus | cop |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 sus | punct |
| 11 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 milking | punct |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 milking | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 milking | aux |
| 15 | just | just | ADV | _ | 16 milking | advmod |
| 16 | milking | milk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 says | ccomp |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 milking | obj |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 milking | punct |
| 19 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 23 means | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 sus | punct |
| 21 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 means | nsubj |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 sus | punct |
| 23 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | parataxis |
| 24 | suspicious | suspicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 means | xcomp |
| 25 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 23 means | punct |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a kid in Pennsylvania | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Taylor Swift re-recording | sus | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | milk in a quote | present · progressive | kid | re-recording | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 4 | mean | present | sus | suspicious property | 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 did she explain?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 explain | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 explain | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 explain | nsubj |
| 4 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 explain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | explain speech: assert | past · do-support | sus | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She lost her voice and wanted a new one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 voice | nmod:poss |
| 4 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 wanted | cc |
| 6 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 lost | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | She | her voice | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | want | past | She not said here | a new one | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme |
Option 2
Her old songs were banned on the radio
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 songs | nmod:poss |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 songs | amod |
| 3 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 banned | aux:pass |
| 5 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 radio | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 radio | det |
| 8 | radio | radio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 banned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | past · passive | Her old songs | the radio | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sing | Her = she | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
She had to by law every five years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 had | xcomp |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 law | case |
| 5 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obl |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 years | det |
| 7 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 years | nummod |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 had | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | She | year | by law | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It was about owning her own recordings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 owning | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 owning | aux |
| 3 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 4 owning | mark |
| 4 | owning | own | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 recordings | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 recordings | amod |
| 7 | recordings | recording | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 owning | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | own | past · progressive | It | her own recordings | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot recording=Theme |
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