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Test 7 · ★ · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing

Lily's uncle says "Depends, my lover." What does he mean?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle · What happens: say, mean · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Lily's uncle says "Depends, my lover."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 uncle	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Lily	case
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Depends	punct
6	Depends	Depend	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 says	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lover	punct
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 lover	nmod:poss
9	lover	lover	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Depends	appos
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 lover	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 lover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Lily's uncle						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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 does he mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	uncle						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

Words always come first, before the tune

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 come	advmod
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 come	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tune	punct
6	before	before	ADP	_	8 tune	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tune	det
8	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Words			the tune		always, first property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before tune=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He loves the song she wrote for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 loves	nsubj
2	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 song	det
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loves	obj
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wrote	nsubj
6	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 song	acl:relcl
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wrote	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	love	present	He	the song					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus
2	write	past	she	the song not said here				for him = he	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent song=Result for he=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It depends on the song, dear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 depends	nsubj
2	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 song	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 song	det
5	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 depends	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dear	punct
7	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 song	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depend	present	It					on the song	vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on song=Theme

Option 4

She should never write songs again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 write	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 write	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 write	advmod
4	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 write	obj
6	again	again	ADV	_	4 write	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not write	should	She	songs			again		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme

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