Exam question 2 · Music lessons and the recorder

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the historical standing of the recorder.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, recorder · What happens: select, establish, concern, stand · To what, where: response, historical standing

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «Music lessons and the recorder» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 standing	det
11	historical	historical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 standing	amod
12	standing	standing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 recorder	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 recorder	det
15	recorder	recorder	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 standing	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the historical standing of the recorder		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus standing=Experiencer
4	stand		the recorder			nom standing «state intransitive»: of=agent

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Composers including Bach, Handel and Vivaldi composed works for the instrument

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Composers	composer	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 works	nsubj
2	including	including	ADP	_	3 Bach	case
3	Bach	Bach	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Composers	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Handel	punct
5	Handel	Handel	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Bach	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Vivaldi	cc
7	Vivaldi	Vivaldi	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Handel	conj
8	composed	compose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 works	nsubj
9	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 instrument	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 instrument	det
12	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	past							vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	work	present	Composers including Bach and Handel and Vivaldi					for the instrument	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for instrument=Beneficiary

Option 2

The instrument is classified as a toy by all authorities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 instrument	det
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 classified	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 classified	aux:pass
4	classified	classify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 toy	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 toy	det
7	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 classified	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 authorities	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 authorities	det
10	authorities	authority	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 classified	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	classify	present · passive	all authorities	the instrument				as a toy	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme as toy=Attribute

Option 3

The instrument has never been performed upon professionally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 instrument	det
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 performed	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 performed	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 performed	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 performed	aux:pass
6	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 professionally	case
8	professionally	professionally	ADV	_	6 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not perform	present · perfect · passive		the instrument					vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

The instrument was devised in the present century solely for use in schools by young pupils

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 instrument	det
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 devised	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 devised	aux:pass
4	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 century	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 century	det
7	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 century	amod
8	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 devised	obl
9	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 devised	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 use	case
11	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 devised	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 schools	case
13	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 use	nmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 pupils	case
15	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 pupils	amod
16	pupils	pupil	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 devised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devise	past · passive	young pupils	the instrument			century	for use in schools; solely property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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