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title: Kateryna says the tune is Ukrainian. Mason says, "Prove it." What ca… — Charts, number ones and famous musicia… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kateryna says the tune is Ukrainian. Mason says, "Prove it." What can she point to? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record

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Kateryna says the tune is Ukrainian. Mason says, "Prove it." What can she point to?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kateryna, tune, Mason · **What happens:** say, be, prove, point · **To what, where:** tune · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» 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/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kateryna says the tune is Ukrainian.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t8:1
# text = Kateryna says the tune is Ukrainian.
1	Kateryna	Kateryna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	Ukrainian	ukrainian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Kateryna |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the tune |  |  |  |  | ukrainian *property* | 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:* Mason says, "Prove it."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t8:2
# text = Mason says, "Prove it."
1	Mason	Mason	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mason |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **prove** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | tune |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What can she point to?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t8:3
# text = What can she point to?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	point	point	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	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 | **point** | can | Mason |  |  |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, the tune was written in Hollywood for the film Home Alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t8:o1:1
# text = Nothing, the tune was written in Hollywood for the film Home Alone
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Hollywood	Hollywood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	Home	Home	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
13	Alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | past · passive |  | Nothing |  | Hollywood |  | for the film; alone *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in hollywood=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A TikTok video saying so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t8:o2:1
# text = A TikTok video saying so
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	TikTok	tiktok	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a TikTok video *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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"Shchedryk", arranged by Leontovych and sung in the US in the early 1920s

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t8:o3:1
# text = "Shchedryk", arranged by Leontovych and sung in the US in the early 1920s
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Shchedryk	Shchedryk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Leontovych	Leontovych	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sung	sing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	1920s	1920s	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Card	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | participle · passive | Leontovych | Shchedryk |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | participle | Leontovych *not said here* |  |  | the early 1920s |  | in the US | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in us=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The fact that she likes the song

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t8:o4:1
# text = The fact that she likes the song
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | she | the song |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot song=Theme |

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