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title: A kid shouts, "The bandura's got like a thousand strings, no cap!" (… — Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: A kid shouts, "The bandura's got like a thousand strings, no cap!" ("no cap" means honestly). About how many does a concert bandura really have? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★

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A kid shouts, "The bandura's got like a thousand strings, no cap!" ("no cap" means honestly). About how many does a concert bandura really have?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid, bandura, cap, many, you · **What happens:** shout, get, mean, do, have · **To what, where:** concert bandura · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★» 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/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A kid shouts, "The bandura's got like a thousand strings, no cap!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t9:1
# text = A kid shouts, "The bandura's got like a thousand strings, no cap!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bandura	bandura	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	strings	string	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | a kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | the bandura |  |  |  |  | like thousand strings | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* ("no cap" means honestly).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t9:2
# text = ("no cap" means honestly).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | no cap |  |  |  |  | honestly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* About how many does a concert bandura really have?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t9:3
# text = About how many does a concert bandura really have?
1	About	about	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bandura	bandura	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | many | a concert bandura |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bandura=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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About 55 to 65

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t9:o1:1
# text = About 55 to 65
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	55	55	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	65	65	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Exactly 21

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t9:o2:1
# text = Exactly 21
1	Exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	21	21	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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About a thousand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t9:o3:1
# text = About a thousand
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only 2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:41-olympiad-music-puzzles:t9:o4:1
# text = Only 2
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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