--- title: Your mate goes, "louder = better singing, obviously." Is he right? — Singing, choirs and talent shows · tree and pragmatics description: Your mate goes, "louder = better singing, obviously." Is he right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 8 «Singing, choirs and talent shows» 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/t1/) [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/) / [Singing, choirs and talent shows](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Singing, choirs and talent shows Your mate goes, "louder = better singing, obviously." Is he right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate · **What happens:** go, be This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 8 «Singing, choirs and talent shows» 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/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your mate goes, "louder = better singing, obviously." ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t1:1 # text = Your mate goes, "louder = better singing, obviously." 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 , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 parataxis _ _ 7 = = SYM SYM _ 9 punct _ _ 8 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 amod _ _ 9 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | Your mate | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* Is he right? ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t1:2 # text = Is he right? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | mate | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, but only in choirs ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t1:o1:1 # text = Yes, but only in choirs 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 choirs choir NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} No, singers should always whisper ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t1:o2:1 # text = No, singers should always whisper 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 singers singer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 whisper whisper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | should | singers | | | | | always *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, the loudest singer always wins every competition ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t1:o3:1 # text = Yes, the loudest singer always wins every competition 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 loudest loud ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 singer singer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 7 advmod _ _ 7 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 competition competition NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | present | the loudest singer | every competition | | | | always *property* | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent competition=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, good singing uses controlled breath, not shouting ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t1:o4:1 # text = No, good singing uses controlled breath, not shouting 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 controlled control VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 shouting shout VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | good singing | controlled breath | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Patient | | 2 | **control** | participle | | | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | good singing *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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