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title: Anya says, "Five voices means five singers, every time." What is wro… — How a song is made: writing, recording… · tree and pragmatics
description: Anya says, "Five voices means five singers, every time." What is wrong? Test 10 · ★ 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 10 · ★ · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing

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Anya says, "Five voices means five singers, every time." What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Anya, Five voices · **What happens:** say, mean, be · **To what, where:** five singers · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Anya says, "Five voices means five singers, every time."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t10:1
# text = Anya says, "Five voices means five singers, every time."
1	Anya	Anya	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	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	singers	singer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	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 | Anya |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | Five voices | five singers and every time |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent singer=Topic |

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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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t10:2
# text = What is wrong?
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	wrong	wrong	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 |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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One singer can record many layers on separate tracks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t10:o1:1
# text = One singer can record many layers on separate tracks
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	record	record	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	layers	layer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | can | One singer | many layers |  | separate tracks |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent layer=Theme on track=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, five voices always means five people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t10:o2:1
# text = Nothing, five voices always means five people
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Nothing | five people |  |  |  | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Studios only allow one voice per song

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t10:o3:1
# text = Studios only allow one voice per song
1	Studios	studio	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	allow	allow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	per	per	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | present | Studios | one voice |  |  |  | per song | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Voices can never be recorded twice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t10:o4:1
# text = Voices can never be recorded twice
1	Voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **record** | can · passive |  | Voices |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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