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title: Ethan says, "African music is just drums, everyone knows." Which ins… — Instruments of the world: bandura, erh… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan says, "African music is just drums, everyone knows." Which instrument shows he is wrong? Test 6 · ★★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didg…

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Ethan says, "African music is just drums, everyone knows." Which instrument shows he is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ethan, African music, everyone, instrument · **What happens:** say, be, know, show · **To what, where:** drums · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ethan says, "African music is just drums, everyone knows."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t6:1
# text = Ethan says, "African music is just drums, everyone knows."
1	Ethan	Ethan	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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	drums	drum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	nsubj	_	_
12	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ethan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | African music | drums |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* Which instrument shows he is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t6:2
# text = Which instrument shows he is wrong?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | which instrument |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | instrument |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The kora, a 21-string harp-lute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t6:o1:1
# text = The kora, a 21-string harp-lute
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kora	kora	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
5	21	21	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
8	harp	harp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	lute	lute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The djembe, a West African hand drum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t6:o2:1
# text = The djembe, a West African hand drum
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	djembe	djembe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
6	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bass drum, an orchestra drum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t6:o3:1
# text = The bass drum, an orchestra drum
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bass	bass	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The snare drum, a marching band drum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo:t6:o4:1
# text = The snare drum, a marching band drum
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	snare	snare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	marching	march	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
7	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	drum	drum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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