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Test 3 · ★ · Singing, choirs and talent shows

Harry from Edinburgh says, "Boys cannae sing high, that's for lassies" ("cannae" = can't, "lassies" = girls). What is the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Harry, Boys, that, best reply · What happens: say, sing, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Harry from Edinburgh says, "Boys cannae sing high, that's for lassies" ("cannae" = can't, "lassies" = girls).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harry	Harry	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Edinburgh	case
3	Edinburgh	Edinburgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Harry	nmod
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Boys	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Boys	punct
7	Boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sing	nsubj
8	cannae	cannae	X	Foreign=Yes	7 Boys	conj
9	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sing	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lassies	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 lassies	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 lassies	cop
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 lassies	case
15	lassies	lassie	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 says	parataxis
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 lassies	punct
17	(	(	PUNCT	_	19 cannae	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 cannae	punct
19	cannae	cannae	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lassies	conj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 cannae	punct
21	=	=	SYM	_	22 ca	punct
22	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 cannae	conj
23	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 ca	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 lassies	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 lassies	punct
26	lassies	lassie	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 cannae	appos
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	26 lassies	punct
28	=	=	SYM	_	29 girls	punct
29	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 lassies	appos
30	)	)	PUNCT	_	29 girls	punct
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Harry from Edinburgh						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sing speech: express in a quote	infinitive	Boys					high property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
3	is in a quote	present	that					for lassies and cannae	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 best reply?

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	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Only lassies have vocal folds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 lassies	advmod
2	lassies	lassie	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	vocal	vocal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 folds	amod
5	folds	fold	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	lassies	vocal folds					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fold=Patient

Option 2

High notes are banned for boys in Scotland

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	High	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 notes	amod
2	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 banned	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 banned	aux:pass
4	banned	ban	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 boys	case
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 banned	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 Scotland	case
8	Scotland	Scotland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 banned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ban	present · passive		High notes		Scotland		for boys	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

He's right, boys can't reach high notes, that's just how it is

The tree, 15 words

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 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	_	8 reach	punct
5	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 reach	nsubj
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 reach	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 reach	advmod
8	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	parataxis
9	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 notes	amod
10	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 reach	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 how	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 how	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 how	cop
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 how	advmod
15	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 right	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 is	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 how	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	not reach	can	boys	high notes					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent note=Theme
3	is	present	that					how property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Plenty of boys sing high, like cathedral trebles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sing	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 boys	case
3	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Plenty	nmod
4	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sing	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 trebles	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 trebles	case
8	cathedral	cathedral	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trebles	compound
9	trebles	treble	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	Plenty of boys					high property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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