Test 7 · ★★ · Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys
An orchestra puts the drums right at the front. What would most likely happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: orchestra · What happens: put, happen · To what, where: drums, front
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: An orchestra puts the drums right at the front.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 orchestra | det |
| 2 | orchestra | orchestra | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 puts | nsubj |
| 3 | puts | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 drums | det |
| 5 | drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 puts | obj |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 3 puts | xcomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 front | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 front | det |
| 9 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 puts | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 puts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present | a orchestra | the drums | the front | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent drum=Theme at front=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 would most likely happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 happen | advmod |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The drums would drown out the quieter strings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 drums | det |
| 2 | drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 drown | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 drown | aux |
| 4 | drown | drown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 drown | compound:prt |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 strings | det |
| 7 | quieter | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 strings | amod |
| 8 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 drown | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drown out | would | the drums | the quieter strings | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient |
Option 2
The concert would sound more balanced and exciting for everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 concert | det |
| 2 | concert | concert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sound | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sound | aux |
| 4 | sound | sound | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 balanced | advmod |
| 6 | balanced | balanced | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sound | xcomp |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 exciting | cc |
| 8 | exciting | exciting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 balanced | conj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 everyone | case |
| 10 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 balanced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | would | the concert | balanced property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Nobody would hear the drums
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 hear | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | aux |
| 3 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 drums | det |
| 5 | drums | drum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | would | Nobody | the drums | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer drum=Stimulus |
Option 4
The strings would get louder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 strings | det |
| 2 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | the strings | loud property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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