Exam question 2 · Starting a band

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "rhythm section"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: term

This is exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Starting a band» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 section	punct
12	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 section	compound
13	section	section	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 section	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the term				of the following statements; accurately property	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 audience members positioned nearest the stage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 members	det
2	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 members	compound
3	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	positioned	position	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 members	acl
5	nearest	nearest	ADP	_	7 stage	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stage	det
7	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 positioned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	position	participle		the audience members not said here				nearest the stage	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The vocalists entrusted with the uppermost parts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vocalists	det
2	vocalists	vocalist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 entrusted	nsubj
3	entrusted	entrust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 parts	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 parts	det
6	uppermost	uppermost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 parts	amod
7	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 entrusted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entrust	past	the vocalists					with the uppermost parts	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with part=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The bass and drums jointly responsible for sustaining the beat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bass	det
2	bass	bass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 responsible	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 drums	cc
4	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bass	conj
5	jointly	jointly	ADV	_	6 responsible	advmod
6	responsible	responsible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 sustaining	mark
8	sustaining	sustain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 responsible	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 beat	det
10	beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sustaining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	gerund		the beat					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent beat=Theme

Option 4

The portion of a score in which the rhythms are notated

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 portion	det
2	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 score	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 score	det
5	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 portion	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 notated	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rhythms	det
9	rhythms	rhythm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 notated	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 notated	aux:pass
11	notated	notate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 score	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notate	present · passive		the rhythms		a score			tree rules

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