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Test 10 · ★★★ · Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★

The mic squeals louder and louder, and the soundman from Cork says, "Ah, it's grand." What is really happening?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mic, soundman · What happens: squeal, say, be, happen · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★» 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 mic squeals louder and louder, and the soundman from Cork says, "Ah, it's grand."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mic	det
2	mic	mic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squeals	nsubj
3	squeals	squeal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 squeals	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 louder	cc
6	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 louder	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 says	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soundman	det
10	soundman	soundman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 Cork	case
12	Cork	Cork	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 soundman	nmod
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 squeals	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 grand	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 grand	punct
16	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	20 grand	discourse
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Ah	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 grand	nsubj
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 grand	cop
20	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 says	ccomp
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 squeals	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 squeals	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeal	present	the mic					loud property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the soundman from Cork						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	soundman					grand property	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: What is really happening?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present · progressive							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The batteries in the mic are about to run out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 batteries	det
2	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 run	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 mic	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mic	det
5	mic	mic	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 batteries	nmod
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 run	cop
7	about	about	ADV	_	9 run	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 run	mark
9	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	out	out	ADP	_	9 run	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the batteries in the mic					about, run property	tree rules

Option 2

Everything is fine, the squeal is part of the song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 part	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 squeal	det
6	squeal	squeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 part	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 part	cop
8	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	parataxis
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 song	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 song	det
11	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Everything					fine property	tree rules
2	is a	present	the squeal	part				of the song	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The mic picks up the speaker in a loop, so turn it away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mic	det
2	mic	mic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picks	nsubj
3	picks	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 picks	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 speaker	det
6	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picks	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 loop	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 loop	det
9	loop	loop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picks	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 turn	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 turn	advmod
12	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 picks	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 turn	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	12 turn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	present	the mic	the speaker		a loop			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speaker=Topic
2	turn away	infinitive	the mic not said here	speaker				away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

The singer's voice is too high for the microphone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 singer	det
2	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 voice	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 singer	case
4	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 high	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 high	cop
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 high	advmod
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 microphone	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 microphone	det
10	microphone	microphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 high	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the singer's voice					for the microphone; high property	tree rules

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