Test 2 · ★ · Singing, choirs and talent shows

What would happen if Sam belted out the concert with a really sore throat?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sam · What happens: happen, belt out · To what, where: concert

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 8 «Singing, choirs and talent shows» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 belted	mark
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 belted	nsubj
6	belted	belt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 belted	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 concert	det
9	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 belted	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	14 throat	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 throat	det
12	really	really	ADV	_	13 sore	advmod
13	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 throat	amod
14	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 belted	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	belt out a condition, not said to happen	past	Sam	the concert				with a sore throat	vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent concert=Patient with throat=Instrument

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.

The options

Option 1

His throat would heal faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 throat	nmod:poss
2	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heal	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 heal	aux
4	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 heal	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	heal	would	His throat					fast property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

His voice would get permanently stronger from the hard work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 voice	nmod:poss
2	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	permanently	permanently	ADV	_	6 stronger	advmod
6	stronger	strong	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 get	xcomp
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 work	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 work	det
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 work	amod
10	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	His voice			the hard work		strong property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from work=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He could strain his voice and make it worse

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	3 strain	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 strain	aux
3	strain	strain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 voice	nmod:poss
5	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 strain	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 make	cc
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 strain	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 make	obj
9	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strain	could	He	his voice					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent voice=Source
2	make	infinitive	He not said here	voice				bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 4

Nothing at all would happen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 happen	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Nothing	nmod
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	aux
5	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would	Nothing						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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