--- title: Which plan sounds most like a band that will last? — Starting a band · tree and pragmatics description: Which plan sounds most like a band that will last? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 4 «Starting a band» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/4-starting-a-band/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/) / [Starting a band](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/4-starting-a-band/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Starting a band Which plan sounds most like a band that will last? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** plan, band · **What happens:** sound, last This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 4 «Starting a band» 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/4-starting-a-band/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t10:1 # text = Which plan sounds most like a band that will last? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 3 advmod _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | present | which plan | | | | | like a band | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **last** | future | a band | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Everyone does exactly what they like and never meets ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t10:o1:1 # text = Everyone does exactly what they like and never meets 1 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 like like VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 meets meet VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **like** | present | they | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **not** **meet** | present | | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They talk, vote or take turns choosing songs ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t10:o2:1 # text = They talk, vote or take turns choosing songs 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 talk talk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 vote vote VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 turns turn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 choosing choose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 9 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | present | They | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **vote** | present | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take** | present | They *not said here* | turns | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme | | 4 | **choose** | gerund | They *not said here* | songs | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} The founder decides everything without asking ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t10:o3:1 # text = The founder decides everything without asking 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 founder founder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 decides decide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 obj _ _ 5 without without SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **decide** | present | the founder | everything | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent everything=Topic | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | the founder *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The loudest player in the band always gets their way ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t10:o4:1 # text = The loudest player in the band always gets their way 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 loudest loud ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 player player NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 8 advmod _ _ 8 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | the loudest player in the band | their way | | | | always *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus | **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. 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