Test 4 · ★ · What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music…
Jaden's grandad: "Jazz, that's real cool, daddy-o." ("Daddy-o" is old slang for mate.) Where did jazz come from?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, Daddy o, jazz · What happens: be, come · To what, where: old slang
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 77 «What was lost and what was gained: languages, foods, music and knowledge» of the history 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: Jaden's grandad: "Jazz, that's real cool, daddy-o."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaden | Jaden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jaden | case |
| 3 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Jazz | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Jazz | punct |
| 6 | Jazz | Jazz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 grandad | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 cool | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 cool | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 cool | cop |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 cool | amod |
| 11 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Jazz | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 o | punct |
| 13 | daddy | daddy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 o | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 daddy | punct |
| 15 | o | o | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Jazz | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 Jazz | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Jazz | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | that | cool 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: ("Daddy-o" is old slang for mate.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 9 slang | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 o | punct |
| 3 | Daddy | Daddy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 o | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 o | punct |
| 5 | o | o | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 slang | nsubj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 o | punct |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 slang | cop |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 slang | amod |
| 9 | slang | slang | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 mate | case |
| 11 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 slang | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 slang | punct |
| 13 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 9 slang | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Daddy o | old slang | for mate | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Where did jazz come from?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 4 come | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | aux |
| 3 | jazz | jazz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | nsubj |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 come | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · do-support | jazz | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
A computer program
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 program | det |
| 2 | computer | computer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 program | compound |
| 3 | program | program | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
African American communities, mixing African rhythms and European instruments
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | African | African | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 communities | amod |
| 2 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 communities | amod |
| 3 | communities | community | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mixing | punct |
| 5 | mixing | mix | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 communities | acl |
| 6 | African | African | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 rhythms | amod |
| 7 | rhythms | rhythm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 mixing | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 instruments | cc |
| 9 | European | European | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 instruments | amod |
| 10 | instruments | instrument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 rhythms | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix | gerund | African American communities not said here | African rhythms and European instruments | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rhythm=Patient |
Option 3
Royal orchestras in Vienna, who played it for the emperor and his court at night
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 orchestras | amod |
| 2 | orchestras | orchestra | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 played | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Vienna | case |
| 4 | Vienna | Vienna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 orchestras | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 played | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 played | nsubj |
| 7 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 played | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 emperor | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 emperor | det |
| 11 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 played | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 court | cc |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 court | nmod:poss |
| 14 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 emperor | conj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 night | case |
| 16 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 played | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | Royal orchestras in Vienna | it | night | for the emperor and Vienna's court | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent it=Theme for emperor=Eventuality |
Option 4
Ancient Greek theatres
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 theatres | amod |
| 2 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 theatres | amod |
| 3 | theatres | theatre | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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