Exam question 2 · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning applause between movements of a symphony.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, move · To what, where: response, applause, symphony

This is exam question 2 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	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	applause	applause	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	between	between	ADP	_	12 movements	case
12	movements	movement	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 symphony	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 symphony	det
15	symphony	symphony	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 movements	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	applause	between movements of a symphony	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus applause=Experiencer
4	move			a symphony		nom movement «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

It has never been practised by any audience

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	5 practised	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 practised	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 practised	advmod
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 practised	aux:pass
5	practised	practise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 audience	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 audience	det
8	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 practised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not practise	present · perfect · passive	any audience	It					tree rules

Option 2

It results invariably in expulsion from the hall

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 results	nsubj
2	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	2 results	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 expulsion	case
5	expulsion	expulsion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 results	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 hall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 expulsion	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Its avoidance is a custom rather than a law, and it was common in Mozart's time

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 avoidance	nmod:poss
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 custom	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 custom	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 custom	det
5	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	9 law	cc
7	than	than	ADP	_	6 rather	fixed
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 law	det
9	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 custom	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 common	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 common	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 common	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 common	cop
14	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 custom	parataxis
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 time	case
16	Mozart	Mozart	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 time	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Mozart	case
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 common	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Its avoidance	a custom rather a law			tree rules
2	is	past	avoidance		time	common property	tree rules
3	avoid		Its = it				nom avoidance «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

It is prohibited by law in every jurisdiction

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 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 law	case
5	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 jurisdiction	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 jurisdiction	det
8	jurisdiction	jurisdiction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive	law	It		every jurisdiction			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

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