Test 7 · ★ · Singing, choirs and talent shows
Kevin calls Grace a "header" (a wild, mad person) for singing a different note. Who is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kevin, different note · What happens: call, sing, be · To what, where: Grace · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Kevin calls Grace a "header" (a wild, mad person) for singing a different note.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin | Kevin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 calls | nsubj |
| 2 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 calls | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 header | det |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 header | punct |
| 6 | header | header | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 calls | xcomp |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 header | punct |
| 8 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 13 person | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 person | det |
| 10 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 person | amod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 wild | punct |
| 12 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 person | amod |
| 13 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 header | appos |
| 14 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 13 person | punct |
| 15 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 16 singing | mark |
| 16 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 calls | advcl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 note | det |
| 18 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 note | amod |
| 19 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 singing | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 calls | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | Kevin | Grace | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grace=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | gerund | a different note | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Who is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | 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 | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Neither, choirs have no parts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 4 have | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | choirs | choir | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 parts | det |
| 6 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | choirs | no parts | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Grace, because she is singing the harmony
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 singing | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 singing | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 singing | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 singing | aux |
| 6 | singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Grace | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 harmony | det |
| 8 | harmony | harmony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 singing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present · progressive | Grace | the harmony | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location harmony=Theme |
Option 3
Kevin, because headers can't sing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin | Kevin | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kevin | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 sing | mark |
| 4 | headers | header | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sing | nsubj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 sing | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 sing | advmod |
| 7 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Kevin | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not sing speech: express | can | headers | Kevin not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location kevin=Theme |
Option 4
Kevin, because every note must match
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin | Kevin | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kevin | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 match | mark |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 note | det |
| 5 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 match | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 match | aux |
| 7 | match | match | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Kevin | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | match | must | every note | Kevin not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kevin=Patient |
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