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title: Kevin calls Grace a "header" (a wild, mad person) for singing a diff… — Singing, choirs and talent shows · tree and pragmatics
description: Kevin calls Grace a "header" (a wild, mad person) for singing a different note. Who is right? Test 7 · ★ 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.
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# Test 7 · ★ · Singing, choirs and talent shows

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Kevin calls Grace a "header" (a wild, mad person) for singing a different note. Who is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kevin, different note · **What happens:** call, sing, be · **To what, where:** Grace · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kevin calls Grace a "header" (a wild, mad person) for singing a different note.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t7:1
# text = Kevin calls Grace a "header" (a wild, mad person) for singing a different note.
1	Kevin	Kevin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	header	header	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	_	_
15	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | Kevin |  | Grace |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grace=Recipient |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | a different note |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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:* Who is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t7:2
# text = Who is right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	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 |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Neither, choirs have no parts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t7:o1:1
# text = Neither, choirs have no parts
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	choirs	choir	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | choirs | no parts |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Grace, because she is singing the harmony

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t7:o2:1
# text = Grace, because she is singing the harmony
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	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 | **sing** *speech: express* | present · progressive | Grace | the harmony |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location harmony=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kevin, because headers can't sing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t7:o3:1
# text = Kevin, because headers can't sing
1	Kevin	Kevin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	headers	header	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **sing** *speech: express* | can | headers | Kevin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location kevin=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kevin, because every note must match

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:t7:o4:1
# text = Kevin, because every note must match
1	Kevin	Kevin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	match	match	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **match** | must | every note | Kevin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kevin=Patient |

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