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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".

nmod:possnsubjdetnsubjcoppunctadvmodccomppunctconjcasepunctpunctrootYourPRONcousinNOUNsaysVERBtheDETpianoNOUNisAUX"PUNCTobviouslyADVstringsNOUN,PUNCTendNOUNofADP"PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 cousinnmod:poss
2cousincousinNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 pianodet
5pianopianoNOUNNumber=Sing9 stringsnsubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 stringscop
7""PUNCT_9 stringspunct
8obviouslyobviouslyADV_9 stringsadvmod
9stringsstringNOUNNumber=Plur3 saysccomp
10,,PUNCT_11 endpunct
11endendNOUNNumber=Sing9 stringsconj
12ofofADP_11 endcase
13""PUNCT_9 stringspunct
14..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour cousinvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is a in a quotepresentthe pianostrings and endobviously propertytree 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?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETfairestADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 answerdet
4fairestfairADJDegree=Sup5 answeramod
5answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe fairest answertree rules

The options

Option 1

He's right, nobody anywhere has ever argued about it

nsubjcoppunctnsubj:passadvmodauxadvmodconjcaseoblrootHePRON'sAUXrightADJ,PUNCTnobodyPRONanywhereADVhasAUXeverADVarguedVERBaboutADPitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_9 arguedpunct
5nobodynobodyPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg9 arguednsubj:pass
6anywhereanywhereADVPronType=Ind5 nobodyadvmod
7hashaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 arguedaux
8evereverADVPronType=Ind9 arguedadvmod
9arguedargueVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 rightconj
10aboutaboutADP_11 itcase
11ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 arguedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2argue speech: disagreepresent · perfect · passivenobodyeverabout itvn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic

Option 2

It is a brass instrument

nsubjcopdetcompoundrootItPRONisAUXaDETbrassNOUNinstrumentNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 instrumentnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 instrumentcop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 instrumentdet
4brassbrassNOUNNumber=Sing5 instrumentcompound
5instrumentinstrumentNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta brass instrumenttree rules

Option 3

It is a wind instrument

nsubjcopdetcompoundrootItPRONisAUXaDETwindNOUNinstrumentNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 instrumentnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 instrumentcop
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 instrumentdet
4windwindNOUNNumber=Sing5 instrumentcompound
5instrumentinstrumentNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentIta wind instrumenttree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It has strings, but hammers hit them, so people argue

nsubjobjpunctccnsubjacl:relclobjpunctadvmodnsubjconjrootItPRONhasVERBstringsNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJhammersNOUNhitVERBthemPRON,PUNCTsoADVpeopleNOUNargueVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ItitPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 hasnsubj
2hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3stringsstringNOUNNumber=Plur2 hasobj
4,,PUNCT_7 hitpunct
5butbutCCONJ_7 hitcc
6hammershammerNOUNNumber=Plur7 hitnsubj
7hithitVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 stringsacl:relcl
8themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs7 hitobj
9,,PUNCT_12 arguepunct
10sosoADV_12 argueadvmod
11peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur12 arguensubj
12argueargueVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 hasconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentItstringsvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient
2hitpasthammersstrings = stringvn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme
3argue speech: disagreepresentpeoplevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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