Exam question 4 · Music lessons and the recorder

Ascertain the procedure most appropriate for the hygienic maintenance of a recorder.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, maintain · To what, where: procedure, recorder

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 procedure	det
3	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 appropriate	advmod
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 procedure	amod
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 maintenance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 maintenance	det
8	hygienic	hygienic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 maintenance	amod
9	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 appropriate	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 recorder	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 recorder	det
12	recorder	recorder	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 maintenance	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the procedure					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic
2	maintain			a recorder					nom maintenance «act transitive»: of=patient

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

Periodic washing in warm soapy water and the avoidance of shared use

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Periodic	periodic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 washing	amod
2	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 water	case
4	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
5	soapy	soapy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 water	amod
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 washing	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 avoidance	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 avoidance	det
9	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 water	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 use	case
11	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 use	amod
12	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 avoidance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	participle							tree rules
2	avoid			shared use					nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Occasional wiping of the mouthpiece upon an item of clothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Occasional	occasional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wiping	amod
2	wiping	wiping	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 mouthpiece	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mouthpiece	det
5	mouthpiece	mouthpiece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wiping	nmod
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 item	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 item	det
8	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mouthpiece	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 clothing	case
10	clothing	clothing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 item	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

No procedure, since germs cannot reside upon plastic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 procedure	det
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reside	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 procedure	punct
4	since	since	ADP	_	5 germs	case
5	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 procedure	nmod
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 reside	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 reside	advmod
8	reside	reside	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 plastic	case
10	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reside	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not reside	can	no procedure since germs			plastic			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon plastic=Location

Option 4

Forceful exhalation through the instrument to expel germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forceful	forceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 exhalation	amod
2	exhalation	exhalation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 instrument	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 instrument	det
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exhalation	nmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 expel	mark
7	expel	expel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 exhalation	acl
8	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 expel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expel	to-infinitive		germs					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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