Test 1 · ★ · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing
Your mate goes, "catchy songs are lazy, anyone could write one." What is true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, catchy songs, anyone · What happens: go, be, write · To what, where: one · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 7 «How a song is made: writing, recording, producing» 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 mate goes, "catchy songs are lazy, anyone could write one."
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 lazy | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 lazy | punct |
| 6 | catchy | catchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 songs | amod |
| 7 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 lazy | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 lazy | cop |
| 9 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 goes | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 write | punct |
| 11 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 13 write | nsubj |
| 12 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 write | aux |
| 13 | write | write | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 lazy | parataxis |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 write | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | catchy songs | lazy property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | write in a quote | could | anyone | one | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 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
Only lazy people write catchy songs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 people | advmod |
| 2 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 people | amod |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 write | nsubj |
| 4 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | catchy | catchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 songs | amod |
| 6 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 write | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present | lazy people | catchy songs | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Writing a good hook takes a lot of skill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writing | write | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 takes | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hook | det |
| 3 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hook | amod |
| 4 | hook | hook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Writing | obj |
| 5 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lot | det |
| 7 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 takes | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 skill | case |
| 9 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lot | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | gerund | a good hook | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hook=Theme | |||||
| 2 | take | present | Writing | a lot of skill | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |
Option 3
Hooks are always copied from adverts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hooks | hook | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 copied | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 copied | aux:pass |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 copied | advmod |
| 4 | copied | copy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 adverts | case |
| 6 | adverts | advert | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 copied | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | present · passive | adverts | Hooks | always property | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 4
Catchy songs are written by accident, without any trying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catchy | catchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 songs | amod |
| 2 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 written | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 written | aux:pass |
| 4 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 accident | case |
| 6 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 written | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 trying | punct |
| 8 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 10 trying | mark |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 trying | nsubj |
| 10 | trying | try | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 written | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | present · passive | accident | Catchy songs | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | try | gerund | any | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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