Test 5 · ★ · Singing, choirs and talent shows
A cartoon choir sings one note all together and calls any other note "a mistake". What's wrong with that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon choir · What happens: sing, call, be · To what, where: one note, other note · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: A cartoon choir sings one note all together and calls any other note "a mistake".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 choir | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 choir | compound |
| 3 | choir | choir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sings | nsubj |
| 4 | sings | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 note | nummod |
| 6 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sings | obj |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 together | advmod |
| 8 | together | together | ADV | _ | 4 sings | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 calls | cc |
| 10 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sings | conj |
| 11 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 note | det |
| 12 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 note | amod |
| 13 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 calls | obj |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 mistake | punct |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 mistake | det |
| 16 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 note | appos |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 mistake | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 sings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present | a cartoon choir | one note | together property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location note=Theme | |||
| 2 | call | present | a cartoon choir not said here | any other note | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent note=Recipient |
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's wrong with that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 wrong | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with that; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Choirs often split into parts singing harmony
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choirs | choir | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 split | nsubj |
| 2 | often | often | ADV | _ | 3 split | advmod |
| 3 | split | split | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 parts | case |
| 5 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 split | obl |
| 6 | singing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 parts | acl |
| 7 | harmony | harmony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 singing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split | present | Choirs | into parts result; often property | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into part=Result | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | gerund | parts not said here | harmony | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location harmony=Theme |
Option 2
Nothing, choirs only ever sing one note, all together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 choirs | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | choirs | choir | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 sing | advmod |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 sing | advmod |
| 6 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 choirs | xcomp |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 note | nummod |
| 8 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sing | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 choirs | punct |
| 10 | all | all | ADV | _ | 11 together | advmod |
| 11 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 choirs | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choir | present | Nothing | together property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | infinitive | Nothing not said here | one note | ever | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location note=Theme |
Option 3
Choirs never sing in tune
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Choirs | choir | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sing | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 sing | advmod |
| 3 | sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 tune | case |
| 5 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not sing speech: express | present | Choirs | tune | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tune=Location |
Option 4
All choirs sing without notes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 choirs | det |
| 2 | choirs | choir | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sing | nsubj |
| 3 | sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | without | without | ADP | _ | 5 notes | case |
| 5 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present | all choirs | without notes | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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