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Test 3 · ★ · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing

Tom says, "Any sample is stealing, full stop." Which is fair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom, sample · What happens: say, steal, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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: Tom says, "Any sample is stealing, full stop."

nsubjpunctpunctdetnsubjauxccomppunctamodparataxispunctpunctrootTomPROPNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTAnyDETsampleNOUNisAUXstealingVERB,PUNCTfullADJstopNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TomTomPROPNNumber=Sing2 saysnsubj
2sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3,,PUNCT_8 stealingpunct
4""PUNCT_8 stealingpunct
5AnyanyDETPronType=Ind6 sampledet
6samplesampleNOUNNumber=Sing8 stealingnsubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 stealingaux
8stealingstealVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 saysccomp
9,,PUNCT_11 stoppunct
10fullfullADJDegree=Pos11 stopamod
11stopstopNOUNNumber=Sing8 stealingparataxis
12..PUNCT_11 stoppunct
13""PUNCT_11 stoppunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentTomvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2steal in a quotepresent · progressiveany samplevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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: Which is fair?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhichPRONisAUXfairADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichPRONPronType=Rel3 fairnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 faircop
3fairfairADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 fairpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentfair propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He's right, every sample is illegal

nsubjcoppunctdetnsubjcopconjrootHePRON'sAUXrightADJ,PUNCTeveryDETsampleNOUNisAUXillegalADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_8 illegalpunct
5everyeveryDETPronType=Tot6 sampledet
6samplesampleNOUNNumber=Sing8 illegalnsubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 illegalcop
8illegalillegalADJDegree=Pos3 rightconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2ispresentevery sampleillegal propertytree rules

Option 2

Only old songs can be sampled

advmodamodnsubj:passauxaux:passrootOnlyADVoldADJsongsNOUNcanAUXbeAUXsampledVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_3 songsadvmod
2oldoldADJDegree=Pos3 songsamod
3songssongNOUNNumber=Plur6 samplednsubj:pass
4cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin6 sampledaux
5bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf6 sampledaux:pass
6sampledsampleVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1samplecan · passiveold songsvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Samples are fine without asking anyone

nsubjcopmarkadvclobjrootSamplesNOUNareAUXfineADJwithoutSCONJaskingVERBanyonePRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SamplessampleNOUNNumber=Plur3 finensubj
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 finecop
3finefineADJDegree=Posrootroot
4withoutwithoutSCONJ_5 askingmark
5askingaskVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 fineadvcl
6anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind5 askingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentSamplesfine propertytree rules
2ask speech: askgerundSamples not said hereanyonevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Sampling with permission is legal and common

csubjcaseoblcopccconjrootSamplingVERBwithADPpermissionNOUNisAUXlegalADJandCCONJcommonADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SamplingsampleVERBVerbForm=Ger5 legalcsubj
2withwithADP_3 permissioncase
3permissionpermissionNOUNNumber=Sing1 Samplingobl
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 legalcop
5legallegalADJDegree=Posrootroot
6andandCCONJ_7 commoncc
7commoncommonADJDegree=Pos5 legalconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1samplegerundwith permissionvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2ispresentSamplinglegal propertytree rules
3beSampling not said heretree rules

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.

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