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Test 4 · Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz

A Sydney kid says, "Only two strings? Mate, where's the rest?" What is a fair answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sydney kid · What happens: say, be · To what, where: rest, fair answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» 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 Sydney kid says, "Only two strings?

detcompoundnsubjpunctpunctadvmodnummodccomppunctrootADETSydneyPROPNkidNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTOnlyADVtwoNUMstringsNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 kiddet
2SydneySydneyPROPNNumber=Sing3 kidcompound
3kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_9 stringspunct
6""PUNCT_9 stringspunct
7OnlyonlyADV_8 twoadvmod
8twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card9 stringsnummod
9stringsstringNOUNNumber=Plur4 saysccomp
10??PUNCT_4 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenta Sydney kidvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: Mate, where's the rest?"

punctadvmodcopdetnmodpunctpunctrootMateNOUN,PUNCTwhereADV'sAUXtheDETrestNOUN?PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MatemateNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
2,,PUNCT_6 restpunct
3wherewhereADVPronType=Rel6 restadvmod
4'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 restcop
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 restdet
6restrestNOUNNumber=Sing1 Matenmod
7??PUNCT_6 restpunct
8""PUNCT_6 restpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe resttree rules

Sentence 3: What is a fair answer?

nsubjcopdetamodpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXaDETfairADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 answernsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 answercop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 answerdet
4fairfairADJDegree=Pos5 answeramod
5answeranswerNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 answerpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresenta fair answertree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Two-string instruments are only for beginners

nummodpunctcompoundnsubjcopadvmodcaserootTwoNUM-PUNCTstringNOUNinstrumentsNOUNareAUXonlyADVforADPbeginnersNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TwotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card3 stringnummod
2--PUNCT_1 Twopunct
3stringstringNOUNNumber=Sing4 instrumentscompound
4instrumentsinstrumentNOUNNumber=Plur8 beginnersnsubj
5arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 beginnerscop
6onlyonlyADV_8 beginnersadvmod
7forforADP_8 beginnerscase
8beginnersbeginnerNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentstring instrumentsfor beginnerstree rules

Option 2

The rest of the strings were lost on the plane

detnsubj:passcasedetnmodaux:passcasedetoblrootTheDETrestNOUNofADPtheDETstringsNOUNwereAUXlostVERBonADPtheDETplaneNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 restdet
2restrestNOUNNumber=Sing7 lostnsubj:pass
3ofofADP_5 stringscase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 stringsdet
5stringsstringNOUNNumber=Plur2 restnmod
6werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 lostaux:pass
7lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
8ononADP_10 planecase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 planedet
10planeplaneNOUNNumber=Sing7 lostobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1losepast · passivethe rest of the stringsthe planevn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The erhu is made with two strings and played with a bow

detnsubj:passaux:passcasenummodoblccconjcasedetoblrootTheDETerhuXisAUXmadeVERBwithADPtwoNUMstringsNOUNandCCONJplayedVERBwithADPaDETbowNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 erhudet
2erhuerhuXForeign=Yes4 madensubj:pass
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 madeaux:pass
4mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5withwithADP_7 stringscase
6twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card7 stringsnummod
7stringsstringNOUNNumber=Plur4 madeobl
8andandCCONJ_9 playedcc
9playedplayVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 madeconj
10withwithADP_12 bowcase
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 bowdet
12bowbowNOUNNumber=Sing9 playedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresent · passivethe erhuwith two stringsvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2playpastwith a bowvn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with bow=Theme

Option 4

Real instruments must have at least six strings, like a guitar, to count

The tree, 13 words
amodnsubjauxcasenmodnummodobjpunctcasedetparataxispunctmarkconjrootRealADJinstrumentsNOUNmustAUXhaveVERBatADPleastADJsixNUMstringsNOUN,PUNCTlikeADPaDETguitarNOUN,PUNCTtoPARTcountVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RealrealADJDegree=Pos2 instrumentsamod
2instrumentsinstrumentNOUNNumber=Plur4 havensubj
3mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin4 haveaux
4havehaveVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5atatADP_6 leastcase
6leastleastADJDegree=Sup7 sixnmod
7sixsixNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card8 stringsnummod
8stringsstringNOUNNumber=Plur4 haveobj
9,,PUNCT_12 guitarpunct
10likelikeADP_12 guitarcase
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 guitardet
12guitarguitarNOUNNumber=Sing4 haveparataxis
13,,PUNCT_15 countpunct
14totoPART_15 countmark
15countcountVERBVerbForm=Inf4 haveconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havemustReal instrumentssix stringsvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient
2countto-infinitiveReal instruments not said herevn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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