Test 9 · ★ · Singing, choirs and talent shows

Ella says, "She mimed, so she's a fake, end of." What is the fairest view?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ella, fairest view · What happens: say, mime, be · To what, where: fake · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Ella says, "She mimed, so she's a fake, end of."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mimed	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 mimed	punct
5	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mimed	nsubj
6	mimed	mime	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fake	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 fake	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fake	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fake	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fake	det
12	fake	fake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mimed	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 end	punct
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fake	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	14 end	case
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ella			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mime in a quote	past	Ella			tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	Ella	a fake	of end	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 fairest view?

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 view	det
4	fairest	fair	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 view	amod
5	view	view	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 fairest view						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Some call lip-syncing cheating, others say it protects the show

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 call	nsubj
2	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lip	lip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 call	obj
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 lip	punct
5	syncing	sync	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 call	advcl
6	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 syncing	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 say	punct
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 say	nsubj
9	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 call	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 protects	nsubj
11	protects	protect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 say	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 show	det
13	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 protects	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	call speech: assert	present	Some	lip	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lip=Recipient
2	sync	gerund	Some not said here	cheating	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	others		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	protect	present	cheating	the show	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Beneficiary

Option 2

Nobody has ever lip-synced in public

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 synced	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 synced	aux
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 synced	advmod
4	lip	lip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 synced	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 lip	punct
6	synced	sync	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 public	case
8	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 synced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sync	present · perfect	Nobody			public	ever		tree rules

Option 3

Every singer always lip-syncs, so nobody ever sings live on stage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 singer	det
2	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 live	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 syncs	advmod
4	lip	lip	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 syncs	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 lip	punct
6	syncs	sync	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 singer	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sings	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 sings	advmod
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 sings	nsubj
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 sings	advmod
11	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 singer	acl:relcl
12	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 stage	case
14	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	present	nobody	every singer lip syncs not said here			ever		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location singer=Theme
2	live	present	every singer lip syncs			stage			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stage=Location

Option 4

Lip-syncing is against the law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lip	lip	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 syncing	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Lip	punct
3	syncing	syncing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 law	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 law	cop
5	against	against	ADP	_	7 law	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 law	det
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Lip syncing					against the law	tree rules

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