Exam question 1 · Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons

Identify the principal reason for which a person perceives a recording of their own voice as unfamiliar.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, person · What happens: identify, perceive · To what, where: principal reason, recording

This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons» 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 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 perceives	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 perceives	nsubj
9	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	parataxis
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 recording	det
11	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 perceives	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 voice	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 voice	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 voice	amod
15	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 recording	nmod
16	as	as	ADP	_	17 unfamiliar	case
17	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 perceives	obl
18	.	.	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 reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	perceive	present	a person	a recording of their own voice				for the principal reason; as unfamiliar	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent recording=Theme as unfamiliar=Attribute

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

Recording devices invariably raise the pitch of every voice they capture

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recording	record	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 devices	amod
2	devices	device	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 raise	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 raise	advmod
4	raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pitch	det
6	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 raise	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 voice	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 voice	det
9	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 raise	obl
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 capture	nsubj
11	capture	capture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 voice	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	record	gerund				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	raise	present	Recording devices	the pitch	of every voice; invariably property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pitch=Theme of voice=Destination
3	capture	present	devices = device	every voice not said here		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme

Option 2

A person invariably speaks in an altered manner when aware of being recorded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaks	nsubj
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 speaks	advmod
4	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 manner	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 manner	det
7	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 manner	amod
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaks	obl
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 aware	advmod
10	aware	aware	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 speaks	conj
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 recorded	mark
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 recorded	aux:pass
13	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 aware	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	a person	a altered manner	invariably property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	alter	participle				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	record	gerund · passive				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

One's voice is also heard through the bones of the head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 voice	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 One	case
3	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 heard	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 heard	aux:pass
5	also	also	ADV	_	6 heard	advmod
6	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 bones	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bones	det
9	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 heard	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 head	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 head	det
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bones	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	present · passive		One's voice		the bones of the head			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Another person produces the recording

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produces	nsubj
3	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 recording	det
5	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 produces	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present	another person	the recording					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recording=Result

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