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title: In Brisbane the singer calls Lachie a "galah" (a fool, from a noisy… — Starting a band · tree and pragmatics
description: In Brisbane the singer calls Lachie a "galah" (a fool, from a noisy parrot). What is she cross about? Test 4 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Starting a band

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In Brisbane the singer calls Lachie a "galah" (a fool, from a noisy parrot). What is she cross about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** singer · **What happens:** call, be · **To what, where:** galah, Brisbane · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In Brisbane the singer calls Lachie a "galah" (a fool, from a noisy parrot).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t4:1
# text = In Brisbane the singer calls Lachie a "galah" (a fool, from a noisy parrot).
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Brisbane	Brisbane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Lachie	Lachie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	galah	galah	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | the singer | a galah |  | Brisbane |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 she cross about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t4:2
# text = What is she cross about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He has not turned up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t4:o1:1
# text = He has not turned up
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **turn up** | present · perfect | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is singing her part

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t4:o2:1
# text = He is singing her part
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present · progressive | He | her part |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He brought a noisy pet parrot to the band practice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t4:o3:1
# text = He brought a noisy pet parrot to the band practice
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	parrot	parrot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | He | a noisy pet parrot |  | the band practice |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent parrot=Theme to practice=Destination |

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

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His guitar is so loud she can't hear herself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t4:o4:1
# text = His guitar is so loud she can't hear herself
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	guitar	guitar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
10	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | His guitar |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **hear** | can | she | herself *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus |

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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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