Test 6 · ★★★ · Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★

After the gig the drummer says, "Ears are a bit buzzy, no biggie." What does that really mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: drummer, Ears, that · What happens: say, be, mean · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★★ 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: After the gig the drummer says, "Ears are a bit buzzy, no biggie."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	ADP	_	3 gig	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 gig	det
3	gig	gig	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 drummer	det
5	drummer	drummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 buzzy	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 buzzy	punct
9	Ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 buzzy	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 buzzy	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bit	det
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 buzzy	obl:unmarked
13	buzzy	buzzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 says	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 biggie	punct
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 biggie	det
16	biggie	biggie	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 buzzy	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the drummer				after the gig		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	Ears					a bit obl:unmarked; buzzy 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 does that really mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mean	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 mean	nsubj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 mean	advmod
5	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	that						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

His drums are broken and need new skins before the next gig

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 drums	nmod:poss
2	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 broken	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux:pass
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 need	cc
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	conj
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 skins	amod
8	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 need	obj
9	before	before	ADP	_	12 gig	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gig	det
11	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 gig	amod
12	gig	gig	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · passive		His drums					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	need	present		new skins			before the next gig		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot skin=Theme

Option 2

Nothing at all, buzzing ears are a sign of a really good gig

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Nothing	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sign	punct
5	buzzing	buzz	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 ears	amod
6	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sign	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sign	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sign	det
9	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nothing	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 gig	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 gig	det
12	really	really	ADV	_	13 good	advmod
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 gig	amod
14	gig	gig	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sign	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzz	gerund							vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	buzzing ears	a sign				of a good gig	tree rules

Option 3

He is joking, ears cannot be hurt by music however loud it is

The tree, 14 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 joking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 joking	aux
3	joking	joke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hurt	punct
5	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hurt	nsubj:pass
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hurt	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hurt	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 hurt	aux:pass
9	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 joking	ccomp
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 music	case
11	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hurt	obl
12	however	however	ADV	_	13 loud	advmod
13	loud	loud	ADV	_	9 hurt	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hurt	obj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 joking	aux

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	joke speech: other	present · progressive	He						tree rules
2	not hurt	can · passive	music	ears				loud property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer it=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Too loud for his ears; earplugs would help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Too	too	ADV	_	2 loud	advmod
2	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 earplugs	amod
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 ears	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ears	nmod:poss
5	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 loud	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 loud	punct
7	earplugs	earplug	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 help	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 help	aux
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would	loud earplugs						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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