Test 10 · ★ · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing
Anya says, "Five voices means five singers, every time." What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Anya, Five voices · What happens: say, mean, be · To what, where: five singers · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ 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: Anya says, "Five voices means five singers, every time."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anya | Anya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 means | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 voices | punct |
| 5 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 voices | nummod |
| 6 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 means | nsubj |
| 7 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 singers | nummod |
| 9 | singers | singer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 means | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 time | punct |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 time | det |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 singers | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Anya | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | present | Five voices | five singers and every time | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent singer=Topic |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
One singer can record many layers on separate tracks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 singer | nummod |
| 2 | singer | singer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 record | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 record | aux |
| 4 | record | record | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 layers | amod |
| 6 | layers | layer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 record | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 tracks | case |
| 8 | separate | separate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tracks | amod |
| 9 | tracks | track | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 record | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | can | One singer | many layers | separate tracks | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent layer=Theme on track=Destination |
Option 2
Nothing, five voices always means five people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 means | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 voices | punct |
| 3 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 voices | nummod |
| 4 | voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 means | advmod |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 people | nummod |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Nothing | five people | always property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Topic |
Option 3
Studios only allow one voice per song
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Studios | studio | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 allow | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 allow | advmod |
| 3 | allow | allow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 voice | nummod |
| 5 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 allow | obj |
| 6 | per | per | ADP | _ | 7 song | case |
| 7 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 allow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present | Studios | one voice | per song | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Voices can never be recorded twice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Voices | voice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 recorded | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 recorded | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 recorded | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 recorded | aux:pass |
| 5 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 recorded | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not record | can · passive | Voices | twice property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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