Test 10 · ★★ · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record
Jess: "Everyone's saying the singer hates her band, so it's true." What is the flaw?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Everyone, singer, band, flaw · What happens: jess, say, hate, be · To what, where: band · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» 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: Jess: "Everyone's saying the singer hates her band, so it's true."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jess | jess | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 saying | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 saying | punct |
| 4 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 saying | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 saying | aux |
| 6 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 hates | csubj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 singer | det |
| 8 | singer | singer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hates | nsubj |
| 9 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Jess | ccomp |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 band | nmod:poss |
| 11 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hates | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 true | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 true | advmod |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 true | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 true | cop |
| 16 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Jess | parataxis |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jess | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jess | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jess | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert in a quote | present · progressive | Everyone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | hate in a quote | present | the singer | singer's band | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer band=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | band | true 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 the flaw?
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 | 4 flaw | det |
| 4 | flaw | flaw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the flaw | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Rumours are only false on weekends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rumours | rumour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 false | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 false | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 false | advmod |
| 4 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 weekends | case |
| 6 | weekends | weekend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 false | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Rumours | weekend | false property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Many people repeating a rumour does not make it proof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 make | nsubj |
| 3 | repeating | repeat | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 people | acl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rumour | det |
| 5 | rumour | rumour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 repeating | obj |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 make | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 make | advmod |
| 8 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 make | obj |
| 10 | proof | proof | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repeat | gerund | Many people not said here | a rumour | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rumour=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | not make | present · do-support | Many people | rumour | proof property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
Option 3
Rumours are always made up by the singer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rumours | rumour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 made | advmod |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 made | compound:prt |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 singer | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 singer | det |
| 8 | singer | singer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | present · passive | the singer | Rumours | always property | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Pivot |
Option 4
Nothing, if everyone keeps saying it, then it has to be true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 keeps | mark |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 keeps | nsubj |
| 5 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 keeps | xcomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 saying | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 has | punct |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 has | advmod |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 has | nsubj |
| 11 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 keeps | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 true | mark |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 true | cop |
| 14 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 has | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Nothing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | Nothing not said here | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 3 | have | present | it | then | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is | to-infinitive | true property | tree rules |
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