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title: A cartoon shows a trumpeter blowing like he's cooling soup and a fan… — Instrument families: strings, wind, br… · tree and pragmatics
description: A cartoon shows a trumpeter blowing like he's cooling soup and a fanfare comes out. What's wrong? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opt
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys

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A cartoon shows a trumpeter blowing like he's cooling soup and a fanfare comes out. What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon, trumpeter · **What happens:** show, blow, cool, come out, be · **To what, where:** soup · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys» 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/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A cartoon shows a trumpeter blowing like he's cooling soup and a fanfare comes out.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t3:1
# text = A cartoon shows a trumpeter blowing like he's cooling soup and a fanfare comes out.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trumpeter	trumpeter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
6	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	cooling	cool	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	soup	soup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fanfare	fanfare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | a cartoon |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **blow** | gerund | a trumpeter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **cool** | present · progressive | trumpeter | soup and a fanfare |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent soup=Patient |
| 4 | **come out** | present | a trumpeter |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

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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?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t3:2
# text = What's wrong?
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	_	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 {#o1}

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Trumpets need rosin to play

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t3:o1:1
# text = Trumpets need rosin to play
1	Trumpets	trumpet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rosin	rosin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Trumpets | rosin |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rosin=Theme |
| 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | Trumpets *not said here* | rosin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, that is exactly how trumpets work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t3:o2:1
# text = Nothing, that is exactly how trumpets work
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	trumpets	trumpet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | exactly, work *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Trumpets play only when shaken

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t3:o3:1
# text = Trumpets play only when shaken
1	Trumpets	trumpet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	play	play	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	shaken	shake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | Trumpets |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shake** | participle | Trumpets *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Brass needs buzzing lips, not just air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t3:o4:1
# text = Brass needs buzzing lips, not just air
1	Brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	buzzing	buzz	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | Brass | buzzing lips |  |  |  | air *obl* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lip=Theme |
| 2 | **buzz** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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