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# Test 2 · ★★ · Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didg…

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Conor in Dublin says, "Yer man's having a laugh" ("that fella's joking") about the bandura's strings. What should he learn?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Conor · **What happens:** say, have, learn · **To what, where:** laugh · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Conor in Dublin says, "Yer man's having a laugh" ("that fella's joking") about the bandura's strings.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t2:1
# text = Conor in Dublin says, "Yer man's having a laugh" ("that fella's joking") about the bandura's strings.
1	Conor	Conor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Yer	yer	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	ccomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	laugh	laugh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	fella	fella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	joking	joking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	19	punct	_	_
22	about	about	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	bandura	bandura	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	's	's	PART	POS	_	24	case	_	_
26	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Conor in Dublin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **have** *in a quote* | gerund |  | a laugh |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=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 should he learn?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t2:2
# text = What should he learn?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	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 | **learn** | should | Conor |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is a joke instrument from a TV show

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t2:o1:1
# text = It is a joke instrument from a TV show
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a joke instrument |  | a TV show |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It really has around 55 to 65 strings and a long history

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t2:o2:1
# text = It really has around 55 to 65 strings and a long history
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	55	55	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	65	65	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	_
8	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | 55 strings and a long history |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is just an Irish harp with a new name

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t2:o3:1
# text = It is just an Irish harp with a new name
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a Irish harp |  |  |  | with a new name | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It has two real strings, and the rest are fake ones just for show

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t2:o4:1
# text = It has two real strings, and the rest are fake ones just for show
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | two real strings and fake ones |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the rest | fake ones |  |  |  | for show | tree rules |

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