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title: Your mate goes, "catchy songs are lazy, anyone could write one." Wha… — How a song is made: writing, recording… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate goes, "catchy songs are lazy, anyone could write one." What is true? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 7 «How a song is made: writing, recording, producing» 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.
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# Test 1 · ★ · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing

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Your mate goes, "catchy songs are lazy, anyone could write one." What is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, catchy songs, anyone · **What happens:** go, be, write · **To what, where:** one · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 7 «How a song is made: writing, recording, producing» 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/7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate goes, "catchy songs are lazy, anyone could write one."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t1:1
# text = Your mate goes, "catchy songs are lazy, anyone could write one."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	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	catchy	catchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	13	nsubj	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	parataxis	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | catchy songs |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **write** *in a quote* | could | anyone | one |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

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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 true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t1:2
# text = What is true?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only lazy people write catchy songs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t1:o1:1
# text = Only lazy people write catchy songs
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	write	write	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	catchy	catchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | lazy people | catchy songs |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Writing a good hook takes a lot of skill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t1:o2:1
# text = Writing a good hook takes a lot of skill
1	Writing	write	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | gerund |  | a good hook |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hook=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | present | Writing | a lot of skill |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hooks are always copied from adverts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t1:o3:1
# text = Hooks are always copied from adverts
1	Hooks	hook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	copied	copy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	adverts	advert	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **copy** | present · passive | adverts | Hooks |  |  |  | always *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Catchy songs are written by accident, without any trying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t1:o4:1
# text = Catchy songs are written by accident, without any trying
1	Catchy	catchy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	nsubj	_	_
10	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present · passive | accident | Catchy songs |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | any |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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