Exam question 3 · Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a singer's perception of their own pitch.

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 38 «Praise and criticism: giving and taking feedback» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 singer	det
11	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 perception	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 singer	case
13	perception	perception	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 pitch	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 pitch	nmod:poss
16	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 pitch	amod
17	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 perception	nmod
18	.	.	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	a singer's perception of facts's own pitch		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus perception=Experiencer
4	perceive		a singer	facts's own pitch		nom perception «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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

Small errors are frequently inaudible to the singer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 errors	amod
2	errors	error	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 inaudible	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 inaudible	cop
4	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	5 inaudible	advmod
5	inaudible	inaudible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 singer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 singer	det
8	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inaudible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Small errors					to the singer; frequently, inaudible property	tree rules

Option 2

Recordings invariably distort the pitch of a voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Recordings	recording	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 distort	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 distort	advmod
3	distort	distort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pitch	det
5	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 distort	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 voice	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 voice	det
8	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pitch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distort	present	Recordings	the pitch of a voice				invariably property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent pitch=Material

Option 3

Every singer perceives every error without assistance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 singer	det
2	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceives	nsubj
3	perceives	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 error	det
5	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceives	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 assistance	case
7	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 perceives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perceive	present	every singer	every error				without assistance	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer error=Stimulus

Option 4

Pitch cannot be assessed by any listener

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 assessed	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 assessed	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 assessed	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 assessed	aux:pass
5	assessed	assess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 listener	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 listener	det
8	listener	listener	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 assessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not assess	can · passive	any listener	Pitch					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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