Test 8 · ★★ · Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys
Your cousin says the piano is "obviously strings, end of". What is the fairest answer?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, piano, fairest answer · What happens: say, be · To what, where: strings · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Your cousin says the piano is "obviously strings, end of".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 piano | det |
| 5 | piano | piano | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 strings | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 strings | cop |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 strings | punct |
| 8 | obviously | obviously | ADV | _ | 9 strings | advmod |
| 9 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 says | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 end | punct |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 strings | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 end | case |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 strings | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | the piano | strings and end | obviously 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 fairest 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 | fairest | fair | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 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 fairest answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
He's right, nobody anywhere has ever argued about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 argued | punct |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 argued | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 nobody | advmod |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 argued | aux |
| 8 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 argued | advmod |
| 9 | argued | argue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 right | conj |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 argued | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | argue speech: disagree | present · perfect · passive | nobody | ever | about it | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic |
Option 2
It is a brass instrument
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 | 5 instrument | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 instrument | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 instrument | det |
| 4 | brass | brass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 instrument | compound |
| 5 | instrument | instrument | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a brass instrument | tree rules |
Option 3
It is a wind instrument
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 | 5 instrument | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 instrument | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 instrument | det |
| 4 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 instrument | compound |
| 5 | instrument | instrument | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a wind instrument | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It has strings, but hammers hit them, so people argue
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 | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hit | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 hit | cc |
| 6 | hammers | hammer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hit | nsubj |
| 7 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 strings | acl:relcl |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hit | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 argue | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 argue | advmod |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 argue | nsubj |
| 12 | argue | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 has | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | strings | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hit | past | hammers | strings = string | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme | ||||
| 3 | argue speech: disagree | present | people | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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