Test 1 · ★ · Starting a band
Your mate goes, "real musos never get nervous, mate." Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, real musos · What happens: go, not get, be · To what, where: nervous mate
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 4 «Starting a band» 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, "real musos never get nervous, mate."
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 | _ | 9 get | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 get | punct |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 musos | amod |
| 7 | musos | muso | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 get | nsubj |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 get | advmod |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 goes | conj |
| 10 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 mate | amod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 nervous | punct |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not get in a quote | present | real musos | nervous mate | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mate=Stimulus |
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: Is he right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | mate | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, nerves disappear forever after your very first gig, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 disappear | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | nerves | nerve | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 disappear | nsubj |
| 4 | disappear | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 4 disappear | advmod |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 gig | case |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 gig | nmod:poss |
| 8 | very | very | ADV | _ | 9 first | advmod |
| 9 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 gig | amod |
| 10 | gig | gig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 disappear | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mate | punct |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gig | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disappear | present | nerves | after your first gig and mate | forever property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, many top performers say they get nervous before shows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 performers | amod |
| 4 | top | top | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 performers | amod |
| 5 | performers | performer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 get | nsubj |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 say | ccomp |
| 9 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 get | xcomp |
| 10 | before | before | ADP | _ | 11 shows | case |
| 11 | shows | show | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | many top performers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get | present | performers = performer | before shows | nervous property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
No, only famous people ever get nervous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 famous | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 famous | advmod |
| 4 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 people | amod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 get | nsubj |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 get | advmod |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | famous people | ever | nervous property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Yes, nerves mean you are not a real musician
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 mean | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | nerves | nerve | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 musician | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 musician | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 musician | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 musician | det |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 musician | amod |
| 10 | musician | musician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mean | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | nerves | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | present | you | a real musician | tree rules |
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