Exam question 2 · Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didg…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sympathetic strings of the sitar.

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

This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didgeridoo and more» 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 strings	det
11	sympathetic	sympathetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 strings	amod
12	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 sitar	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 sitar	det
15	sitar	sitar	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 strings	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 sympathetic strings of the sitar		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus string=Experiencer

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

They vibrate without being plucked when corresponding notes are played

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 vibrate	nsubj
2	vibrate	vibrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	without	without	SCONJ	_	5 plucked	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 plucked	aux:pass
5	plucked	pluck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 vibrate	ccomp
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 played	mark
7	corresponding	correspond	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 notes	amod
8	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 played	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 played	aux:pass
10	played	play	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 plucked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	vibrate	present	They		tree rules
2	pluck	gerund · passive	They not said here		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»
3	correspond	gerund			vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	play	present · passive		corresponding notes	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

They serve a purely decorative purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 serve	nsubj
2	serve	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 purpose	det
4	purely	purely	ADV	_	5 decorative	advmod
5	decorative	decorative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 purpose	amod
6	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 serve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	present	They	a decorative purpose					vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Attribute

Option 3

They secure the structure of the instrument

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 secure	nsubj
2	secure	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 structure	det
4	structure	structure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 secure	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 instrument	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 instrument	det
7	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 structure	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	present	They	the structure of the instrument					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition structure=Theme

Option 4

They are reserve strings for use upon breakage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 strings	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 strings	cop
3	reserve	reserve	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 strings	amod
4	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 use	case
6	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strings	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 breakage	case
8	breakage	breakage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	reserve strings				for use upon breakage	tree rules

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