Exam question 4 · Being bad at something and keeping going

Ascertain the method of practice most appropriate for correcting an error that recurs at one place in a piece of music.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, error · What happens: ascertain, correct, recur · To what, where: method, error, one place

This is exam question 4 of lesson 37 «Being bad at something and keeping going» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 method	det
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 practice	case
5	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 method	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 appropriate	advmod
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 practice	amod
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 correcting	mark
9	correcting	correct	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 appropriate	advcl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 error	det
11	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 correcting	obj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 recurs	nsubj
13	recurs	recur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 error	acl:relcl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 place	case
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 place	nummod
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 recurs	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 piece	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 piece	det
19	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 place	nmod
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 music	case
21	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 piece	nmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the method of practice		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent method=Topic
2	correct speech: disagree	gerund	you not said here	a error		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent error=Patient
3	recur	present	a error		one place in a piece of music	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at place=Location

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

Abandonment of the piece in favour of a different one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 piece	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 piece	det
4	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Abandonment	nmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 favour	case
6	favour	favour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 piece	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 one	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 one	det
9	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 one	amod
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 favour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon			the piece in favour of a different one					nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient
2	favour			a different one					nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Slow, correct repetition of that passage, then rejoining it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 repetition	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Slow	punct
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 repetition	amod
4	repetition	repetition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 passage	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 passage	det
7	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 repetition	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 rejoining	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 rejoining	advmod
10	rejoining	rejoin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 repetition	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 rejoining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rejoin	gerund		passage			then		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	repeat		that passage						nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

Repeated performance of the entire piece at increased speed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 performance	amod
2	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 piece	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 piece	det
5	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 piece	amod
6	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 performance	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 speed	case
8	increased	increase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 speed	amod
9	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 performance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	repeat	participle			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	increase	participle			vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	perform		the entire piece	increased speed	nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient at=place

Option 4

Omission of the difficult passage in all future performances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 passage	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
4	difficult	difficult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 passage	amod
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Omission	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 performances	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 performances	det
8	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 performances	amod
9	performances	performance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 passage	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	omit			the difficult passage in all future performances					nom omission «act transitive»: of=patient

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