Test 10 · ★ · Starting a band

Which plan sounds most like a band that will last?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: plan, band · What happens: sound, last

This is test 10 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sounds	nsubj
3	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	3 sounds	advmod
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 band	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 band	det
7	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sounds	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 last	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 last	aux
10	last	last	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 band	acl:relcl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 sounds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sound	present	which plan					like a band	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	last	future	a band						vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1

Everyone does exactly what they like and never meets

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 what	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 what	aux
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	4 what	advmod
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 like	nsubj
6	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 what	acl:relcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 meets	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 meets	advmod
9	meets	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 what	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	they						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	not meet	present							vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They talk, vote or take turns choosing songs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 talk	nsubj
2	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 vote	punct
4	vote	vote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 talk	conj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 take	cc
6	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 talk	conj
7	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 take	obj
8	choosing	choose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 take	advcl
9	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 choosing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	talk	present	They		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	vote	present	They not said here		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	take	present	They not said here	turns	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme
4	choose	gerund	They not said here	songs	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme

Option 3

The founder decides everything without asking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 founder	det
2	founder	founder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 decides	nsubj
3	decides	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 decides	obj
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 asking	mark
6	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 decides	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	present	the founder	everything					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent everything=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	the founder not said here						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The loudest player in the band always gets their way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 player	det
2	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 player	amod
3	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gets	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 band	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 band	det
6	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 player	nmod
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 gets	advmod
8	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 way	nmod:poss
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the loudest player in the band	their way				always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus

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