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Test 3 · ★ · Starting a band

The drummer in Houston yells, "Y'all fixin' to practise or what?" ("fixin' to" means about to). What does he want?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: drummer, fixin · What happens: yell, practise, mean, want · To what, where: Y'all fixin · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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: The drummer in Houston yells, "Y'all fixin' to practise or what?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 drummer	det
2	drummer	drummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yells	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Houston	case
4	Houston	Houston	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 drummer	nmod
5	yells	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 yells	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 fixin	punct
8	Y'all	Y'all	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 fixin	compound
9	fixin	fixin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yells	obj
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 fixin	punct
11	to	to	PART	_	12 practise	mark
12	practise	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 fixin	xcomp
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 what	cc
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 practise	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 fixin	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 fixin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	present	the drummer in Houston	Y'all fixin					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fixin=Topic
2	practise in a quote	to-infinitive	the drummer in Houston not said here	Y'all fixin					tree rules

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: ("fixin' to" means about to).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 fixin	punct
3	fixin	fixin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 fixin	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	3 fixin	fixed
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 fixin	punct
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	about	about	ADV	_	7 means	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	8 about	fixed
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	fixin					about property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What does he want?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 want	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 want	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present · do-support	fixin						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The band to stop chatting and start playing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 band	det
2	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stop	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 stop	mark
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	chatting	chat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 stop	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 start	cc
7	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stop	conj
8	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 start	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	to-infinitive	the band						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	chat speech: other	gerund	the band not said here						vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	start	infinitive	the band not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	play	gerund	the band not said here						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The band to practise more chatting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 band	det
2	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 practise	mark
4	practise	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 band	acl
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 chatting	advmod
6	chatting	chat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 practise	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	practise	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	chat speech: other	gerund							vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The band to go home for the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 band	det
2	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 go	mark
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 band	acl
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 night	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	to-infinitive					night	home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The band to fix the broken drum kit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 band	det
2	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fix	mark
4	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 band	acl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kit	det
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 kit	amod
7	drum	drum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kit	compound
8	kit	kit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	to-infinitive		the broken drum kit					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent kit=Patient
2	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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