Test 8 · ★ · Starting a band
Your cousin says, "No band name, no band, end of." What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, best reply · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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 cousin says, "No band name, no band, end of."
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 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 name | punct |
| 6 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 name | det |
| 7 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 name | compound |
| 8 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 band | punct |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 band | det |
| 11 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 name | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 end | punct |
| 13 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 name | parataxis |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 end | case |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 name | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 name | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
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 the best reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Play first, the name can come later or change
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Play | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 come | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 name | det |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 come | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 come | aux |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Play | conj |
| 8 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 come | advmod |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 change | cc |
| 10 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 come | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | imperative | you not said here | first property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | come | can | the name | late property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | change | infinitive | the name not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A band with no name cannot play music
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 band | det |
| 2 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 play | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 name | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 name | det |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 band | nmod |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 play | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 play | advmod |
| 8 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 play | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not play | can | a band with no name | music | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme |
Option 3
Bands are not allowed to change names
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bands | band | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allowed | advmod |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 change | mark |
| 6 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 7 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 change | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Bands | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | change not said to happen | to-infinitive | Bands not said here | names | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient |
Option 4
He's right, the name always has to come first, before anything else
The tree, 13 words
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 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 has | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 name | det |
| 6 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | nsubj |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 has | advmod |
| 8 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | csubj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 come | mark |
| 10 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 has | xcomp |
| 11 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 come | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 anything | punct |
| 13 | before | before | ADP | _ | 14 anything | case |
| 14 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 right | conj |
| 15 | else | else | ADV | _ | 14 anything | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present | the name | always property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | come | to-infinitive | the name not said here | first property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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