Test 10 · Songs and rhymes
Kai from Auckland says, "Chur, why are these old songs free for everyone to sing?" What's the reason?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kai, old songs, reason · What happens: say, be, sing · To what, where: Chur · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 31 «Songs and rhymes» of the French 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: Kai from Auckland says, "Chur, why are these old songs free for everyone to sing?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Auckland | case |
| 3 | Auckland | Auckland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kai | 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 | _ | 14 free | punct |
| 9 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 free | advmod |
| 10 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 free | cop |
| 11 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 13 songs | det |
| 12 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 songs | amod |
| 13 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 free | nsubj |
| 14 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Chur | amod |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 everyone | case |
| 16 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 14 free | obl |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 sing | mark |
| 18 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 free | advcl |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 Chur | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | present | Kai from Auckland | Chur | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent chur=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | this old songs | for everyone; free property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | sing speech: express in a quote | to-infinitive | this old songs not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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's the reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reason | det |
| 4 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Their singers are all still paid by the school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 singers | nmod:poss |
| 2 | singers | singer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 paid | aux:pass |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 paid | advmod |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 paid | advmod |
| 6 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 school | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 school | det |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present · passive | the school | Their singers | still | all property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They are so old that nobody owns them any more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 old | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 old | cop |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 old | advmod |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 owns | mark |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 owns | nsubj |
| 7 | owns | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 old | advcl |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 owns | obj |
| 9 | any | any | ADV | _ | 10 more | advmod |
| 10 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 owns | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | old property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | own | present | nobody | them = they | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |
Option 3
They were made by a French teacher last year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 teacher | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 teacher | det |
| 6 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 teacher | amod |
| 7 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 year | amod |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | a French teacher | They | year | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product |
Option 4
They are free only in France
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 free | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 free | cop |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 France | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 France | case |
| 6 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 free | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | France | free property | tree rules |
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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