Test 3 · ★★ · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record Grandad says, "The Beatles were the best, that's a fact." Gran says, "Rubbish, it was ABBA." Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, Beatles, that, Gran, Rubbish · What happens: say, be · To what, where: fact, ABBA · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Grandad says, "The Beatles were the best, that's a fact."
nsubj punct punct det nsubj cop det ccomp punct nsubj cop det ccomp punct punct root Grandad PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT The DET Beatles PROPN were AUX the DET best ADJ , PUNCT that PRON 's AUX a DET fact NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 9 best punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 9 best punct 5 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 Beatles det 6 Beatles Beatles PROPN Number=Plur 9 best nsubj 7 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 best cop 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 best det 9 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 2 says ccomp 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 fact punct 11 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 14 fact nsubj 12 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 fact cop 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 fact det 14 fact fact NOUN Number=Sing 2 says ccomp 15 . . PUNCT _ 14 fact punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 14 fact punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Grandad vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote past the Beatles good property tree rules 3 is a in a quote present that a fact 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: Gran says, "Rubbish, it was ABBA."
nsubj punct punct ccomp punct nsubj cop appos punct punct root Gran PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Rubbish NOUN , PUNCT it PRON was AUX ABBA PROPN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 Rubbish punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 5 Rubbish punct 5 Rubbish rubbish NOUN Number=Sing 2 says ccomp 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 ABBA punct 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 ABBA nsubj 8 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 ABBA cop 9 ABBA ABBA PROPN Number=Sing 5 Rubbish appos 10 . . PUNCT _ 9 ABBA punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 5 Rubbish punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Gran vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote past Rubbish ABBA tree rules
Sentence 3: Which is true?
nsubj cop punct root Which PRON is AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 3 true nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Gran is stating a proven fact
nsubj aux det amod obj root Gran PROPN is AUX stating VERB a DET proven VERB fact NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 3 stating nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 stating aux 3 stating state VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 fact det 5 proven prove VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 fact amod 6 fact fact NOUN Number=Sing 3 stating obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 state speech: other present · progressive Gran a proven fact vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fact=Topic 2 prove participle vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer "Best" is an opinion, so both are giving their taste
punct nsubj punct cop det punct advmod nsubj aux acl nmod:poss obj root " PUNCT Best ADJ " PUNCT is AUX an DET opinion NOUN , PUNCT so ADV both DET are AUX giving VERB their PRON taste NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 2 Best punct 2 Best good ADJ Degree=Sup 6 opinion nsubj 3 " " PUNCT _ 2 Best punct 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 opinion cop 5 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 opinion det 6 opinion opinion NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 giving punct 8 so so ADV _ 11 giving advmod 9 both both DET PronType=Tot 11 giving nsubj 10 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 giving aux 11 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 opinion acl 12 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 13 taste nmod:poss 13 taste taste NOUN Number=Sing 11 giving obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Best a opinion tree rules 2 give present · progressive both their taste vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Theme 3 taste their = they nom taste «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 Grandad is stating a proven fact, because the Beatles sold more
nsubj aux det amod obj punct mark det nsubj conj obj root Grandad PROPN is AUX stating VERB a DET proven VERB fact NOUN , PUNCT because SCONJ the DET Beatles PROPN sold VERB more ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 3 stating nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 stating aux 3 stating state VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 fact det 5 proven prove VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 6 fact amod 6 fact fact NOUN Number=Sing 3 stating obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 sold punct 8 because because SCONJ _ 11 sold mark 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 Beatles det 10 Beatles Beatles PROPN Number=Plur 11 sold nsubj 11 sold sell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 stating conj 12 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 11 sold obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 state speech: other present · progressive Grandad a proven fact vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fact=Topic 2 prove participle vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent 3 sell past the Beatles more vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme
Option 4 Neither band ever sold any records
det nsubj advmod det obj root Neither DET band NOUN ever ADV sold VERB any DET records NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Neither neither DET PronType=Neg 2 band det 2 band band NOUN Number=Sing 4 sold nsubj 3 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 4 sold advmod 4 sold sell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 any any DET PronType=Ind 6 records det 6 records record NOUN Number=Plur 4 sold obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 sell past neither band any records ever vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent record=Theme
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
← previous Charts, number ones and famous musicia…, test 2next → Charts, number ones and famous musicia…, test 4↑ back to Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/t3/