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title: Tom says, "Drums can only make one sound, bruv." What does the tabla… — Instruments of the world: bandura, erh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tom says, "Drums can only make one sound, bruv." What does the tabla show? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didgeridoo and more» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 10 · ★★ · Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didg…

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Tom says, "Drums can only make one sound, bruv." What does the tabla show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Tom, Drums · **What happens:** say, make, do · **To what, where:** one sound, tabla show · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didgeridoo and more» 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/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom says, "Drums can only make one sound, bruv."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t10:1
# text = Tom says, "Drums can only make one sound, bruv."
1	Tom	Tom	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	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Drums	drum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** *in a quote* | can | Drums | one sound and bruv |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sound=Product |

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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 does the tabla show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t10:2
# text = What does the tabla show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tabla	tabla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the tabla show |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent show=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He's right, every drum has one sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t10:o1:1
# text = He's right, every drum has one sound
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	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	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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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 | **have** | present | every drum | one sound |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only electric drums can change sound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t10:o2:1
# text = Only electric drums can change sound
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	drums	drum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | can | electric drums | sound |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Drums can change pitch and make many sounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t10:o3:1
# text = Drums can change pitch and make many sounds
1	Drums	drum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | can | Drums | pitch |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pitch=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | Drums *not said here* | many sounds |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tabla are not really drums

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t10:o4:1
# text = Tabla are not really drums
1	Tabla	tabla	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	drums	drum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | Tabla | drums |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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