Test 5 · ★★★ · Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★

Liam reckons, "Bigger kid, lower notes, so the tall boy gets the tuba." What is the real rule?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Liam, tall boy, real rule · What happens: reckon, get, be · To what, where: Bigger kid, tuba

This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: Liam reckons, "Bigger kid, lower notes, so the tall boy gets the tuba."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 kid	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 kid	punct
5	Bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 notes	punct
8	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 notes	amod
9	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kid	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 gets	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 gets	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 boy	det
13	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 boy	amod
14	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gets	nsubj
15	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tuba	det
17	tuba	tuba	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gets	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Liam	Bigger kid and lower notes					vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent kid=Attribute
2	get in a quote	present	the tall boy	the tuba					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tuba=Stimulus

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 real rule?

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 rule	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rule	amod
5	rule	rule	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 real rule						tree rules

The options

Option 1

The tuba plays highest, so the smallest kid should get it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tuba	det
2	tuba	tuba	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plays	nsubj
3	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 plays	parataxis
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	11 get	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 kid	det
8	smallest	small	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 kid	amod
9	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 get	aux
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 plays	parataxis
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	the tuba						vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	should	the smallest kid	tuba					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 2

Only tall people are allowed to play the tuba in an orchestra

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 people	advmod
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 play	mark
7	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 allowed	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tuba	det
9	tuba	tuba	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 play	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 orchestra	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 orchestra	det
12	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		tall people					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	tall people not said here	the tuba		a orchestra			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tuba=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The instrument's size sets how low it plays, not the player's height

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 instrument	det
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 size	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 instrument	case
4	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sets	nsubj
5	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 low	advmod
7	low	low	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 plays	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 plays	nsubj
9	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sets	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 height	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 height	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 player	det
13	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 height	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 player	case
15	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	present	the instrument's size						vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	play	present	size	the player's height				low property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Tall players always make the lowest sounds on any instrument

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 players	amod
2	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 make	advmod
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sounds	det
6	lowest	low	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 sounds	amod
7	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 instrument	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 instrument	det
10	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Tall players	the lowest sounds		any instrument		always property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product

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