Test 4 · ★★ · Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys
Finn in Auckland says, "Chur, but it's broken, bro." ("chur" means cheers) What should he check first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Finn, chur · What happens: say, break, mean, check · To what, where: Chur, it, cheers · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Finn in Auckland says, "Chur, but it's broken, bro."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finn | Finn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Auckland | case |
| 3 | Auckland | Auckland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Finn | nmod |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Chur | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Chur | punct |
| 7 | Chur | Chur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 broken | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 broken | cc |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 broken | aux:pass |
| 12 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 says | ccomp |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 bro | punct |
| 14 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 broken | vocative |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Finn in Auckland | Chur | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | break in a quote | present · passive | it | bro vocative | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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: ("chur" means cheers) What should he check first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 chur | punct |
| 3 | chur | chur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 chur | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | cheers | cheer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 means | obj |
| 7 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 cheers | punct |
| 8 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 check | obj |
| 9 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 check | aux |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 check | nsubj |
| 11 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 cheers | parataxis |
| 12 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 check | advmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | chur | cheers | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheer=Topic | ||||
| 2 | check | should | Chur | cheers | first property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Whether the guitar is plugged into an amp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 5 plugged | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 guitar | det |
| 3 | guitar | guitar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 plugged | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 plugged | aux:pass |
| 5 | plugged | plug | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 amp | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 amp | det |
| 8 | amp | amp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 plugged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plug | present · passive | the guitar | a amp | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
Option 2
Whether he is holding it upside down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 4 holding | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 holding | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 holding | aux |
| 4 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 holding | obj |
| 6 | upside | upside | ADV | _ | 4 holding | advmod |
| 7 | down | down | ADV | _ | 4 holding | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold down | present · progressive | he | it | down, upside property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Whether it has enough rosin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 3 has | mark |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 rosin | amod |
| 5 | rosin | rosin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | it | enough rosin | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rosin=Patient |
Option 4
Whether the strings are made of gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 5 made | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 strings | det |
| 3 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 made | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | aux:pass |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | the strings | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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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