Test 8 · ★ · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing
Dylan says his demo sound is "brutal but the tune's grand". What is he saying?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dylan, demo sound · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Dylan says his demo sound is "brutal but the tune's grand".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan | Dylan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 sound | nmod:poss |
| 4 | demo | demo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sound | compound |
| 5 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 brutal | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 brutal | cop |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 brutal | punct |
| 8 | brutal | brutal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 grand | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tune | det |
| 11 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 grand | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 tune | case |
| 13 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 brutal | conj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 brutal | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Dylan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Dylan's demo sound | brutal property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be in a quote | Dylan's demo sound not said here | 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 he saying?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 saying | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 saying | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saying | nsubj |
| 4 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 saying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | Dylan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
Both the sound and the tune are perfect
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | CCONJ | _ | 3 sound | cc:preconj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sound | det |
| 3 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 perfect | nsubj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 tune | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tune | det |
| 6 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sound | conj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 perfect | cop |
| 8 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the sound and the tune | perfect property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The sound is bad but the tune is good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sound | det |
| 2 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bad | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bad | cop |
| 4 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 good | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tune | det |
| 7 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 good | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 good | cop |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bad | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the sound | bad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the tune | good property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He wants to delete the whole thing now
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 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 delete | mark |
| 4 | delete | delete | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thing | amod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 delete | obj |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 delete | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | delete not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the whole thing | now | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
Option 4
The sound is great and the tune is bad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sound | det |
| 2 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 great | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 great | cop |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 bad | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tune | det |
| 7 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bad | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 bad | cop |
| 9 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 great | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the sound | great property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the tune | bad property | tree rules |
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