---
title: Rahul's band has one old keyboard, a phone and some buckets. What sh… — Starting a band · tree and pragmatics
description: Rahul's band has one old keyboard, a phone and some buckets. What should they do? Test 9 · ★ 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.
---

<!-- md -->
[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/t9/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / t9

# Test 9 · ★ · Starting a band

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rahul's band has one old keyboard, a phone and some buckets. What should they do?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** band, keyboard · **What happens:** have, do · **To what, where:** one old keyboard

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* Rahul's band has one old keyboard, a phone and some buckets.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t9:1
# text = Rahul's band has one old keyboard, a phone and some buckets.
1	Rahul	Rahul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	keyboard	keyboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	buckets	bucket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Rahul's band | one old keyboard and a phone and some buckets |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent keyboard=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 2:* What should they do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t9:2
# text = What should they do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | keyboard |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Start playing now with what they have

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t9:o1:1
# text = Start playing now with what they have
1	Start	start	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	obl	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **play** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | now |  | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with what=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only practise when they own real guitars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t9:o2:1
# text = Only practise when they own real guitars
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	practise	practise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	own	own	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	guitars	guitar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **practise** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **own** | present | they | real guitars |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot guitar=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait until they can afford to buy a full studio

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t9:o3:1
# text = Wait until they can afford to buy a full studio
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	afford	afford	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	studio	studio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **afford** | can | they |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **buy** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | a full studio |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent studio=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Give up because buckets are not instruments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:t9:o4:1
# text = Give up because buckets are not instruments
1	Give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	buckets	bucket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	instruments	instrument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	iobj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instrument=Source |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | present | buckets | instruments |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Starting a band, test 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/4-starting-a-band/t8/)
- next →: [Starting a band, test 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/4-starting-a-band/t10/)
- ↑ back to [Starting a band](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/4-starting-a-band/)