--- title: Isha's brother reckons percussion "can't do tunes". Which instrument… — Instrument families: strings, wind, br… · tree and pragmatics description: Isha's brother reckons percussion "can't do tunes". Which instrument proves him wrong? 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Which instrument proves him wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, instrument · **What happens:** reckon, not do, prove · **To what, where:** percussion, tunes, brother · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Isha's brother reckons percussion "can't do tunes". ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t9:1 # text = Isha's brother reckons percussion "can't do tunes". 1 Isha Isha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reckons reckon VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 percussion percussion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 tunes tune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | present | Isha's brother | percussion | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **do** *in a quote* | can | | tunes | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Eventuality | 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:* Which instrument proves him wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t9:2 # text = Which instrument proves him wrong? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | which instrument | brother | | | | wrong *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The tambourine ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t9:o1:1 # text = The tambourine 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tambourine tambourine NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The xylophone ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t9:o2:1 # text = The xylophone 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 xylophone xylophone NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The maracas ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t9:o3:1 # text = The maracas 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 maracas maraca NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The snare drum ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t9:o4:1 # text = The snare drum 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 snare snare NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 drum drum NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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