Test 8 · ★ · The songs on everyone's phone: streaming, playlists, earwo…
Your cousin says a song with the same four chords as another is "a total rip-off". What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, song, best reply · What happens: say, be · To what, where: total rip off · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 5 «The songs on everyone's phone: streaming, playlists, earworms» 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 a song with the same four chords as another is "a total rip-off".
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 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 song | det |
| 5 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 off | nsubj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 chords | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 chords | det |
| 8 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 chords | amod |
| 9 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 chords | nummod |
| 10 | chords | chord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 song | nmod |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 another | case |
| 12 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 chords | nmod |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 off | cop |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 off | punct |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 off | det |
| 16 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 off | amod |
| 17 | rip | rip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 off | compound |
| 18 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 off | punct |
| 19 | off | off | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 off | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | 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 | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | a song with the same four chords as another | a total rip off | 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 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
Only one song can ever use four chords
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 one | advmod |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 song | nummod |
| 3 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 use | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 use | aux |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 use | advmod |
| 6 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 chords | nummod |
| 8 | chords | chord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | can | one song | four chords | ever | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chord=Patient |
Option 2
She's right, those songs should all be banned for copying each other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 | _ | 10 banned | punct |
| 5 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 songs | det |
| 6 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 banned | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 banned | aux |
| 8 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 banned | advmod |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 banned | aux:pass |
| 10 | banned | ban | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 right | parataxis |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 12 copying | mark |
| 12 | copying | copy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 banned | advcl |
| 13 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 12 copying | obj |
| 14 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 each | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ban | should · passive | that songs | all property | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | copy | gerund | each | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme |
Option 3
Chords are owned by the first singer forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chords | chord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 owned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 owned | aux:pass |
| 3 | owned | own | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 singer | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 singer | det |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 singer | amod |
| 7 | singer | singer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 owned | obl |
| 8 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 3 owned | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | own | present · passive | the first singer | Chords | forever property | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Chords are shared by everyone, the tune and words make it different
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chords | chord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shared | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shared | aux:pass |
| 3 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 everyone | case |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 11 make | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 tune | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tune | det |
| 8 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 make | nsubj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 words | cc |
| 10 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 tune | conj |
| 11 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 shared | parataxis |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 make | obj |
| 13 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present · passive | Chords | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | present | the tune and words | it | by everyone; different property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
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