Test 4 · ★ · Starting a band
In Brisbane the singer calls Lachie a "galah" (a fool, from a noisy parrot). What is she cross about?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: singer · What happens: call, be · To what, where: galah, Brisbane · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: In Brisbane the singer calls Lachie a "galah" (a fool, from a noisy parrot).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 Brisbane | case |
| 2 | Brisbane | Brisbane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 singer | det |
| 4 | singer | singer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | nsubj |
| 5 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | Lachie | Lachie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | xcomp |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 galah | det |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 galah | punct |
| 9 | galah | galah | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 calls | xcomp |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 galah | punct |
| 11 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 13 fool | punct |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 fool | det |
| 13 | fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 galah | appos |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 parrot | punct |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 parrot | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 parrot | det |
| 17 | noisy | noisy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 parrot | amod |
| 18 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fool | nmod |
| 19 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 13 fool | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | the singer | a galah | Brisbane | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: 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 she cross about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 cross | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cross | cop |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cross | nsubj |
| 4 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 cross | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 cross | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | singer | cross property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He has not turned up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 turned | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 turned | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 turned | advmod |
| 4 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 turned | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not turn up | present · perfect | He | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
He is singing her part
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 singing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 singing | aux |
| 3 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 part | nmod:poss |
| 5 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 singing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present · progressive | He | her part | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme |
Option 3
He brought a noisy pet parrot to the band practice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 brought | nsubj |
| 2 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 parrot | det |
| 4 | noisy | noisy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 parrot | amod |
| 5 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 parrot | compound |
| 6 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 brought | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 practice | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 practice | det |
| 9 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 practice | compound |
| 10 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 brought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | He | a noisy pet parrot | the band practice | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent parrot=Theme to practice=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
His guitar is so loud she can't hear herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 guitar | nmod:poss |
| 2 | guitar | guitar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loud | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 loud | cop |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 loud | advmod |
| 5 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hear | nsubj |
| 7 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 hear | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 hear | advmod |
| 9 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 loud | ccomp |
| 10 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 hear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | His guitar | loud property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not hear | can | she | herself = she | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus |
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