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title: Mei's sister says the festival was "bussin', no cap" (really good, h… — Concerts, orchestras and live gigs · tree and pragmatics
description: Mei's sister says the festival was "bussin', no cap" (really good, honestly). What did she most likely need? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 11 «Concerts, orchestras and live gigs» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 2 · ★ · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs

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Mei's sister says the festival was "bussin', no cap" (really good, honestly). What did she most likely need?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sister, festival · **What happens:** say, be, do · **To what, where:** bussin, likely need · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 11 «Concerts, orchestras and live gigs» 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/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mei's sister says the festival was "bussin', no cap" (really good, honestly).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:t2:1
# text = Mei's sister says the festival was "bussin', no cap" (really good, honestly).
1	Mei	Mei	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	festival	festival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	bussin	bussin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
12	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	really	really	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 | Mei's sister |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the festival | bussin |  |  |  |  | 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 did she most likely need?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:t2:2
# text = What did she most likely need?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | likely need |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing, festivals can't harm your ears at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:t2:o1:1
# text = Nothing, festivals can't harm your ears at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **harm** | can | Nothing festivals | your ears |  | all |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus ear=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A seat right by the stage, near the speakers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:t2:o2:1
# text = A seat right by the stage, near the speakers
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	speakers	speaker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A louder speaker to hear the band better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:t2:o3:1
# text = A louder speaker to hear the band better
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	speaker	speaker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | to-infinitive |  | the band |  |  |  | well *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer band=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Earplugs and breaks to protect her ears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:t2:o4:1
# text = Earplugs and breaks to protect her ears
1	Earplugs	earplug	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	protect	protect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | present | Earplugs |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **protect** | to-infinitive | Earplugs *not said here* | her ears |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Beneficiary |

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