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title: Freya's teacher tells her, "Cover the window gap and blow sharply."… — Music lessons and the recorder · tree and pragmatics
description: Freya's teacher tells her, "Cover the window gap and blow sharply." What is she clearing? Test 9 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 right.
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# Test 9 · Music lessons and the recorder

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Freya's teacher tells her, "Cover the window gap and blow sharply." What is she clearing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher · **What happens:** tell, cover, blow, clear · **To what, where:** Freya, window gap · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Freya's teacher tells her, "Cover the window gap and blow sharply."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t9:1
# text = Freya's teacher tells her, "Cover the window gap and blow sharply."
1	Freya	Freya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Cover	cover	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
14	sharply	sharply	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Freya's teacher |  | Freya |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **cover** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | the window gap |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gap=Destination |
| 3 | **blow** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | sharply *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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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 she clearing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t9:2
# text = What is she clearing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	clearing	clear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clear** | present · progressive | teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent what=Source |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Dust that blocks the finger holes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t9:o1:1
# text = Dust that blocks the finger holes
1	Dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blocks	block	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	finger	finger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **block** | present | Dust | the finger holes |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer hole=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A wrong note stuck in the pipe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t9:o2:1
# text = A wrong note stuck in the pipe
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | participle |  | a wrong note *not said here* |  | the pipe |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in pipe=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A crack that lets the air leak out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t9:o3:1
# text = A crack that lets the air leak out
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	leak	leak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | a crack | the air |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leak out** | infinitive | the air *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Drops of condensation from inside the recorder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:t9:o4:1
# text = Drops of condensation from inside the recorder
1	Drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	condensation	condensation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	recorder	recorder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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