Test 10 · ★★ · Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys
Nina asks why we put "crayon" on the bow. What is the real answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nina, we, real answer · What happens: ask, put, be · To what, where: crayon, bow · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys» 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: Nina asks why we put "crayon" on the bow.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nina | Nina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 put | advmod |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 put | nsubj |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 crayon | punct |
| 7 | crayon | crayon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 crayon | punct |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 bow | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bow | det |
| 11 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Nina | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | put | past | we | crayon | the bow | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent crayon=Theme on bow=Destination |
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 real answer?
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 answer | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | 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 real answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It is wax, to make the bow slippery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wax | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wax | cop |
| 3 | wax | wax | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 make | punct |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 make | mark |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wax | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bow | det |
| 8 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | obj |
| 9 | slippery | slippery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | wax | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | the bow | slippery property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bow=Product |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is rosin from pine trees, to make the hair grip
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rosin | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 rosin | cop |
| 3 | rosin | rosin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 trees | case |
| 5 | pine | pine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 trees | compound |
| 6 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 rosin | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 make | punct |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 make | mark |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 rosin | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 grip | det |
| 11 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 grip | compound |
| 12 | grip | grip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | rosin | pine trees | tree rules | |||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | the hair grip | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset grip=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
It is chalk, to dry the strings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 chalk | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 chalk | cop |
| 3 | chalk | chalk | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 dry | punct |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 dry | mark |
| 6 | dry | dry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 chalk | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 strings | det |
| 8 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | chalk | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dry | to-infinitive | the strings | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient string=Result |
Option 4
It is crayon, to colour the strings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 crayon | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 crayon | cop |
| 3 | crayon | crayon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 colour | punct |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 colour | mark |
| 6 | colour | colour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 crayon | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 strings | det |
| 8 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 colour | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | crayon | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | colour | to-infinitive | the strings | tree rules |
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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