Exam question 2 · Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm

Identify the principal function of a rest as notated in a musical score.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, notate · To what, where: principal function, musical score

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 rest	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rest	det
7	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 notated	mark
9	notated	notate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 score	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 score	det
12	musical	musical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 score	amod
13	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 notated	obl
14	.	.	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 function of a rest					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	notate	participle	you not said here			a musical score			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 indication of an interval for the recuperation of the performer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 indication	det
2	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 interval	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 interval	det
5	interval	interval	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indication	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 recuperation	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 recuperation	det
8	recuperation	recuperation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 interval	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 performer	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 performer	det
11	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recuperation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate			a interval for the recuperation of the performer					nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	recuperate			the performer					nom recuperation «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The indication that the performer may proceed at will

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 indication	det
2	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 will	nsubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 proceed	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 performer	det
5	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proceed	nsubj
6	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 proceed	aux
7	proceed	proceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 indication	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	7 proceed	obl
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	proceed	may	the performer	the indication not said here					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The indication of a silence of determinate duration to be counted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 indication	det
2	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 determinate	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 silence	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 silence	det
5	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 determinate	obl
6	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 determinate	mark
7	determinate	determinate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 determinate	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	11 counted	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 counted	aux:pass
11	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 determinate	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determinate	infinitive	the indication	duration				of a silence	tree rules
2	count	to-infinitive · passive	the indication not said here						vn matter-91 «NP V»

Option 4

The indication of the conclusion of the composition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 indication	det
2	indication	indication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 conclusion	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conclusion	det
5	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indication	nmod
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 conclusion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate			the conclusion of the composition					nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	conclude			the composition					nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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