Test 6 · ★ · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing

Raj says seven writers on one song is "well extra" (over the top). What is the truth?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Raj, seven writers, truth · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Raj says seven writers on one song is "well extra" (over the top).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Raj	Raj	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 writers	nummod
4	writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 extra	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 song	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 song	nummod
7	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 writers	nmod
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 extra	cop
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 extra	punct
10	well	well	INTJ	_	11 extra	discourse
11	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 extra	punct
13	(	(	PUNCT	_	16 top	punct
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 top	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 top	det
16	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 says	ccomp
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	16 top	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Raj						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	seven writers on one song					extra property	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: What is the truth?

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	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

One song can only have one real writer, so the rest are just helpers

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 song	nummod
2	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 writer	nummod
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 writer	amod
8	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 helpers	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 helpers	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rest	det
12	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 helpers	nsubj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 helpers	cop
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 helpers	advmod
15	helpers	helper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	can	One song	one real writer					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent writer=Patient
2	is a	present	the rest	helpers					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Team writing is normal, and everyone who helps gets credit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 writing	compound
2	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 normal	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 normal	cop
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gets	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gets	cc
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 gets	nsubj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 helps	nsubj
9	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 everyone	acl:relcl
10	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 normal	conj
11	credit	credit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gets	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Team writing		normal property	tree rules
2	help	present				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	get	present	everyone	credit		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer credit=Stimulus

Option 3

Seven writers means the song is bad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 writers	nummod
2	writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 song	det
5	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bad	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 bad	cop
7	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Seven writers						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the song					bad property	tree rules

Option 4

The other six are fake names

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 six	det
2	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 six	amod
3	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 names	nummod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 names	cop
5	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 names	amod
6	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		six fake names					tree rules

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