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description: Liam says, "Sure, if it's cheap plastic it can't be a real instrument, ya eejit." What is the mistake? Test 11 of lesson 1 «Music lessons and the recorder» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong
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# Test 11 · Music lessons and the recorder

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Liam says, "Sure, if it's cheap plastic it can't be a real instrument, ya eejit." What is the mistake?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Liam, it, plastic, mistake · **What happens:** say, be, not be · **To what, where:** cheap plastic, real instrument · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 1 «Music lessons and the recorder» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Liam says, "Sure, if it's cheap plastic it can't be a real instrument, ya eejit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t11:1
# text = Liam says, "Sure, if it's cheap plastic it can't be a real instrument, ya eejit."
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Sure	sure	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
13	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	ya	ya	X	GW	ExtPos=PROPN	18	appos	_	_
21	eejit	eejit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	goeswith	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Liam |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | it | cheap plastic |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | can | plastic | a real instrument |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the mistake?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t11:2
# text = What is the mistake?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the mistake |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Plastic instruments are always better than wooden ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t11:o1:1
# text = Plastic instruments are always better than wooden ones
1	Plastic	plastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	instruments	instrument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Plastic instruments |  |  |  |  | than wooden ones; always, good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is right, only expensive things count as music

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t11:o2:1
# text = He is right, only expensive things count as music
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | present | expensive things |  |  |  |  | as music | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as music=Attribute |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A cheap version of an instrument is still a real instrument

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t11:o3:1
# text = A cheap version of an instrument is still a real instrument
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a cheap version of a instrument | a real instrument |  |  | still |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real instruments must be made of gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t11:o4:1
# text = Real instruments must be made of gold
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	instruments	instrument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | must · passive |  | Real instruments |  |  |  | of gold | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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