Exam question 1 · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs

Identify the principal purpose of the sounding of the note A by the oboe prior to an orchestral performance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, sounding · What happens: identify, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose

This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Concerts, orchestras and live gigs» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sounding	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sounding	det
7	sounding	sounding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 note	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 note	det
10	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sounding	nmod
11	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 note	flat
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 oboe	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 oboe	det
14	oboe	oboe	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
15	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	19 performance	case
16	to	to	ADP	_	15 prior	fixed
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 performance	det
18	orchestral	orchestral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 performance	amod
19	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of the sounding of the note				by the oboe; prior a orchestral performance	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	purpose		the sounding of the note						nom purpose «cognition 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

The bringing of all instruments into agreement of pitch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bringing	det
2	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 instruments	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 instruments	det
5	instruments	instrument	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bringing	obl
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 agreement	case
7	agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bringing	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 pitch	case
9	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 agreement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	gerund				agreement of pitch		of all instruments	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into agreement=Destination
2	agree		pitch						nom agreement «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

The demonstration of the oboist's proficiency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 demonstration	det
2	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 proficiency	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 oboist	det
5	oboist	oboist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proficiency	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 oboist	case
7	proficiency	proficiency	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demonstration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demonstrate			the oboist's proficiency					nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The signalling of the interval to the members of the audience

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 signalling	det
2	signalling	signalling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 interval	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 interval	det
5	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 signalling	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 members	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 members	det
8	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 interval	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 audience	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 audience	det
11	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 members	nmod

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

Option 4

The commencement of the first movement of the work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 commencement	det
2	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 movement	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 movement	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 movement	amod
6	movement	movement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 commencement	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 work	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 work	det
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 movement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move			the work					nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient

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