Test 9 · ★ · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing
Zara says only rich bands can make songs. What would be a good reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zara, rich bands · What happens: say, make, be · To what, where: songs, good reply · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Zara says only rich bands can make songs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 rich | advmod |
| 4 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bands | amod |
| 5 | bands | band | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 make | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 make | aux |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 make | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Zara | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | make | can | rich bands | songs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset song=Product |
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 would be a good reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 reply | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 reply | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 reply | det |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 reply | amod |
| 6 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | would | a good reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She's right, songs need millions of pounds and a famous studio
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 | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 need | punct |
| 5 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 need | nsubj |
| 6 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 7 | millions | million | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 need | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 pounds | case |
| 9 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 millions | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 studio | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 studio | det |
| 12 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 studio | amod |
| 13 | studio | studio | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | songs | millions of pounds | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot million=Theme |
Option 2
Only studios have microphones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 studios | advmod |
| 2 | studios | studio | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | microphones | microphone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | studios | microphones | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent microphone=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Many songs are made at home with a computer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 songs | amod |
| 2 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | aux:pass |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 home | case |
| 6 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 computer | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 computer | det |
| 9 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | a computer | Many songs | home | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |
Option 4
Bedrooms are too small for music
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bedrooms | bedroom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 small | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 small | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 small | advmod |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 music | case |
| 6 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 small | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Bedrooms | for music; small property | tree rules |
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