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Test 6 · ★ · Starting a band

A cartoon shows a band whose speaker squeals because it is "haunted". What is really going on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, speaker · What happens: show, squeal, haunt, go on · To what, where: band, speaker

This is test 6 · ★ 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: A cartoon shows a band whose speaker squeals because it is "haunted".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 band	det
5	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	7 speaker	nmod:poss
7	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 squeals	nsubj
8	squeals	squeal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 band	acl:relcl
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 haunted	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 haunted	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 haunted	aux:pass
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 haunted	punct
13	haunted	haunt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 squeals	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 haunted	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon	a band					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent band=Recipient
2	squeal	present	speaker						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	haunt in a quote	present · passive		speaker					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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 really going on?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 going	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 going	aux
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 going	advmod
4	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 going	compound:prt
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	present · progressive							vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

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

The microphone is picking up the speaker in a loop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 microphone	det
2	microphone	microphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 picking	aux
4	picking	pick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 picking	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 speaker	det
7	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picking	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 loop	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 loop	det
10	loop	loop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	present · progressive	the microphone	the speaker		a loop			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speaker=Topic

Option 2

Squeals mean the song is a hit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Squeals	squeal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 mean	nsubj
2	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 song	det
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hit	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 hit	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hit	det
7	hit	hit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mean	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Squeals						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the song	a hit					tree rules

Option 3

The speaker is laughing at the band

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 speaker	det
2	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 laughing	aux
4	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 band	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 band	det
7	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 laughing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	present · progressive	the speaker			the band			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Ghosts get into speakers at night and make them squeal at the band

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ghosts	ghost	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 get	nsubj
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 speakers	case
4	speakers	speaker	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 get	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 make	cc
8	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 get	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 make	obj
10	squeal	squeal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 make	xcomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 band	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 band	det
13	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 squeal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Ghosts				night	into speakers	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into speaker=Destination
2	make	infinitive	Ghosts not said here	Ghosts = ghost					tree rules
3	squeal	infinitive	Ghosts = ghost not said here					at the band	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at band=Stimulus

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