Exam question 4 · Instruments of the world: bandura, erhu, sitar, kora, didg…

Ascertain the origin of the steel pan.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain · To what, where: origin

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 origin	det
3	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 pan	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pan	det
6	steel	steel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pan	compound
7	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 origin	nmod
8	.	.	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 origin of the steel pan					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent origin=Topic

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

It was manufactured first in Canada in recent years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 manufactured	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 manufactured	aux:pass
3	manufactured	manufacture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 manufactured	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Canada	case
6	Canada	Canada	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 manufactured	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 years	case
8	recent	recent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 years	amod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 manufactured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	manufacture	past · passive		It		Canada	year	first property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 2

It was devised in a European conservatoire of the eighteenth century

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 devised	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devised	aux:pass
3	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 conservatoire	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 conservatoire	det
6	European	European	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 conservatoire	amod
7	conservatoire	conservatoire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 century	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 century	det
10	eighteenth	eighteenth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 century	amod
11	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conservatoire	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devise	past · passive		It		a European conservatoire of the eighteenth century			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

It derives from the long horns of the Carpathian mountains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 derives	nsubj
2	derives	derive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 horns	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horns	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horns	amod
6	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 derives	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 mountains	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mountains	det
9	Carpathian	Carpathian	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 mountains	compound
10	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 horns	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derive	present	It			the long horns of the Carpathian mountains			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.material»: agent=Agent from horn=Material

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was developed in Trinidad and Tobago in the twentieth century from oil drums

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 developed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 developed	aux:pass
3	developed	develop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 Trinidad	case
5	Trinidad	Trinidad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 developed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Tobago	cc
7	Tobago	Tobago	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Trinidad	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 century	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 century	det
10	twentieth	twentieth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 century	amod
11	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 developed	obl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 drums	case
13	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 drums	compound
14	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 developed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	develop	past · passive		It		Trinidad and Tobago	century	from oil drums	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: subject=Product from drum=Material

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