Exam question 3 · Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the sound of the lightsaber.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, sound

This is exam question 3 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sound	det
11	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 lightsaber	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lightsaber	det
14	lightsaber	lightsaber	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sound	nmod
15	.	.	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	the sound of the lightsaber		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sound=Experiencer

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

A projector's hum combined with a television's buzz

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 projector	det
2	projector	projector	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hum	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 projector	case
4	hum	hum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	combined	combine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hum	acl
6	with	with	ADP	_	10 buzz	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 television	det
8	television	television	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 buzz	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 television	case
10	buzz	buzz	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 combined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	combine	participle		a projector's hum not said here	with a television's buzz	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with buzz=Co-Patient
2	hum		a projector			nom hum «state intransitive»: poss=agent
3	buzz		a television			nom buzz «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It was performed vocally by the principal actor during filming

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 performed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 performed	aux:pass
3	performed	perform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	vocally	vocally	ADV	_	3 performed	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 actor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 actor	det
7	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 actor	amod
8	actor	actor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	obl
9	during	during	ADP	_	10 filming	case
10	filming	filming	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past · passive	the principal actor	It			during filming	vocally property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

It was recorded from an authentic laser device in a scientific laboratory

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 recorded	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 recorded	aux:pass
3	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 device	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 device	det
6	authentic	authentic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 device	amod
7	laser	laser	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 device	compound
8	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recorded	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 laboratory	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 laboratory	det
11	scientific	scientific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 laboratory	amod
12	laboratory	laboratory	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 device	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	past · passive		It		a authentic laser device in a scientific laboratory			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It was generated entirely by computer without any recordings whatsoever

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 generated	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 generated	aux:pass
3	generated	generate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	3 generated	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 computer	case
6	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 generated	obl:agent
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 recordings	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 recordings	det
9	recordings	recording	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 generated	obl
10	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 generated	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	generate	past · passive	computer	It				without any recordings; entirely, whatsoever property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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