Exam question 1 · Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the function of the time signature 3/4?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: function

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 function	det
10	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 signature	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 signature	det
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 signature	compound
14	signature	signature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 function	nmod
15	3/4	3/4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 signature	flat
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the function of the time signature				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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

It indicates three crotchet beats within each bar

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 beats	nummod
4	crotchet	crotchet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beats	compound
5	beats	beat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 indicates	obj
6	within	within	ADP	_	8 bar	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 bar	det
8	bar	bar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	three crotchet beats				within each bar	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beat=Topic

Option 2

It indicates that the third note shall be repeated four times

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 repeated	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 note	det
5	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 note	amod
6	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 repeated	nsubj:pass
7	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 repeated	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 repeated	aux:pass
9	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	ccomp
10	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 times	nummod
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 repeated	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot clause=Topic
2	repeat	shall · passive		the third note			time		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

It indicates that three quarters of the composition shall be performed

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 performed	mark
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 quarters	nummod
5	quarters	quarter	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 performed	nsubj:pass
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 composition	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 composition	det
8	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 quarters	nmod
9	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 performed	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 performed	aux:pass
11	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 indicates	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It						vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	perform	shall · passive		three quarters of the composition					vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It indicates a fractional reduction in volume

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reduction	det
4	fractional	fractional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reduction	amod
5	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 volume	case
7	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reduction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	a fractional reduction		volume			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot reduction=Topic

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