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title: A Limerick girl says two pop songs are "a robbery, grand" because of… — Copying vs being inspired: tracing, co… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Limerick girl says two pop songs are "a robbery, grand" because of a few shared notes. What is fair? Test 9 of lesson 35 «Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 9 · Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit

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A Limerick girl says two pop songs are "a robbery, grand" because of a few shared notes. What is fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Limerick girl, two pop songs · **What happens:** say, be, share · **To what, where:** robbery · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 of lesson 35 «Copying vs being inspired: tracing, covers, giving credit» 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/35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Limerick girl says two pop songs are "a robbery, grand" because of a few shared notes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:t9:1
# text = A Limerick girl says two pop songs are "a robbery, grand" because of a few shared notes.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Limerick	Limerick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	pop	pop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	robbery	robbery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	13	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
19	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 | a Limerick girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | two pop songs | a robbery |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 is fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:t9:2
# text = What is fair?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Only old songs may share notes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:t9:o1:1
# text = Only old songs may share notes
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | may | old songs | notes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Similar notes are common, so it is not always copying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:t9:o2:1
# text = Similar notes are common, so it is not always copying
1	Similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	copying	copy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Similar notes |  |  |  |  | common *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **copy** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Any shared note proves theft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:t9:o3:1
# text = Any shared note proves theft
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **prove** | present | any shared note | theft |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theft=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Songs must never share any notes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit:t9:o4:1
# text = Songs must never share any notes
1	Songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **share** | must | Songs | any notes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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