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Test 5 · ★ · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing

Josh in Toronto says, "Auto-Tune means they can't sing, eh." What is the best way to judge a singer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Josh, Auto Tune, they, best way · What happens: say, mean, not sing, be, judge · To what, where: singer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Josh in Toronto says, "Auto-Tune means they can't sing, eh."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Toronto	case
3	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Josh	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct
7	Auto	Auto	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Tune	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 Auto	punct
9	Tune	Tune	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 means	nsubj
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sing	nsubj
12	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 sing	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 sing	advmod
14	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 means	ccomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 eh	punct
16	eh	eh	INTJ	_	14 sing	discourse
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Josh in Toronto						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean in a quote	present	Auto Tune						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not sing speech: express in a quote	can	they						vn sound_emission-43.2 «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: What is the best way to judge a singer?

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	5 way	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 judge	mark
7	judge	judge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 singer	det
9	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 judge	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best way						tree rules
2	judge	to-infinitive	the best way not said here	a singer					vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent singer=Value

The options

Option 1

Check how many followers they have

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 many	advmod
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 followers	amod
4	followers	follower	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Check	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 have	nsubj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 followers	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here	many followers					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent follower=Theme
2	have	present	followers = follower	many followers not said here					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent follower=Patient

Option 2

Look at their clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 clothes	case
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 clothes	nmod:poss
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 Look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here					at their clothes	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at clothes=Theme

Option 3

Count how many effects they use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Count	count	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 many	advmod
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 effects	amod
4	effects	effect	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Count	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 use	nsubj
6	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 effects	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	imperative	you not said here	many effects					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Theme
2	use	present	effects = effect	many effects not said here					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Hear them sing live

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hear	hear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Hear	obj
3	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hear	xcomp
4	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	imperative	you not said here	them = they					tree rules
2	sing speech: express	infinitive	them = they not said here					live property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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.

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