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title: A cartoon choir sings one note all together and calls any other note… — Singing, choirs and talent shows · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon choir sings one note all together and calls any other note "a mistake". What's wrong with that? Test 5 · ★ 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 w
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# Test 5 · ★ · Singing, choirs and talent shows

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A cartoon choir sings one note all together and calls any other note "a mistake". What's wrong with that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cartoon choir · **What happens:** sing, call, be · **To what, where:** one note, other note · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon choir sings one note all together and calls any other note "a mistake".

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t5:1
# text = A cartoon choir sings one note all together and calls any other note "a mistake".
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	choir	choir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sings	sing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | a cartoon choir | one note |  |  |  | together *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location note=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | present | a cartoon choir *not said here* | any other note |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent note=Recipient |

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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's wrong with that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t5:2
# text = What's wrong with that?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Choirs often split into parts singing harmony

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t5:o1:1
# text = Choirs often split into parts singing harmony
1	Choirs	choir	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	often	often	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	split	split	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	harmony	harmony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split** | present | Choirs |  |  |  |  | into parts *result*; often *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into part=Result |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | parts *not said here* | harmony |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location harmony=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, choirs only ever sing one note, all together

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t5:o2:1
# text = Nothing, choirs only ever sing one note, all together
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	choirs	choir	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
6	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	together	together	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choir** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | together *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | Nothing *not said here* | one note |  |  | ever |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location note=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Choirs never sing in tune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t5:o3:1
# text = Choirs never sing in tune
1	Choirs	choir	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sing** *speech: express* | present | Choirs |  |  | tune |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tune=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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All choirs sing without notes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t5:o4:1
# text = All choirs sing without notes
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	choirs	choir	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present | all choirs |  |  |  |  | without notes | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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