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Test 5 · ★★ · Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys

A dad in Boston says the big lad on tuba is "wicked funny" (very funny). What is the truth about tuba and size?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, big lad, truth · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: A dad in Boston says the big lad on tuba is "wicked funny" (very funny).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dad	det
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Boston	case
4	Boston	Boston	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 dad	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lad	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lad	amod
8	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 funny	nsubj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 tuba	case
10	tuba	tuba	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lad	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 funny	cop
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 funny	punct
13	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 funny	amod
14	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 funny	punct
16	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 funny	punct
17	very	very	ADV	_	18 funny	advmod
18	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 says	ccomp
19	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 funny	punct
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a dad in Boston						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	the big lad on tuba					funny property	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 truth about tuba and size?

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	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 tuba	case
6	tuba	tuba	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 truth	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 size	cc
8	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tuba	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the truth about tuba and size						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Tubas make high notes because they're big

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tubas	tuba	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 notes	amod
4	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obj
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 big	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 big	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 big	cop
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Tubas	high notes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset note=Product
2	is	present	Tubas = tuba					big property	tree rules

Option 2

Tubas shrink to fit the player

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tubas	tuba	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shrink	nsubj
2	shrink	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fit	mark
4	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shrink	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 player	det
6	player	player	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	present	Tubas						vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	fit	to-infinitive	Tubas not said here	the player					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent player=Patient

Option 3

Only big people are allowed to play a tuba in a band

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 people	advmod
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 people	amod
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 play	mark
7	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 allowed	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tuba	det
9	tuba	tuba	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 play	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 band	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 band	det
12	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		big people					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	big people not said here	a tuba		a band			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tuba=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Anyone can play a tuba, and it plays low because it is big

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 play	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 play	aux
3	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tuba	det
5	tuba	tuba	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 play	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 plays	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 plays	cc
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 plays	nsubj
9	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 play	conj
10	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plays	xcomp
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 big	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 big	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 big	cop
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plays	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	can	Anyone	a tuba					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tuba=Theme
2	play	present	tuba					low property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	tuba					big property	tree rules

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