Exam question 3 · Starting a band

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the early performances of the Beatles.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, perform · To what, where: response, early performances, Beatles

This is exam question 3 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	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	12 performances	det
11	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 performances	amod
12	performances	performance	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Beatles	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Beatles	det
15	Beatles	Beatles	PROPN	Number=Plur	12 performances	nmod
16	.	.	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 early performances of the Beatles		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus performance=Experiencer
4	perform			the Beatles		nom performance «communication transitive»: 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

The group commenced its career at the Eurovision Song Contest before performing in any club

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 commenced	nsubj
3	commenced	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 career	nmod:poss
5	career	career	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 commenced	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	10 Contest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Contest	det
8	Eurovision	Eurovision	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Contest	compound
9	Song	Song	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Contest	compound
10	Contest	Contest	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 commenced	obl
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 performing	mark
12	performing	perform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 commenced	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 club	case
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 club	det
15	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 performing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	past	the group	group's career		the Eurovision Song Contest			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent career=Eventuality
2	perform	gerund	the group not said here			any club			vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The group performed exclusively its own compositions from the outset

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	nsubj
3	performed	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 performed	advmod
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 compositions	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 compositions	amod
7	compositions	composition	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performed	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 outset	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 outset	det
10	outset	outset	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past	the group	group's own compositions		the outset		exclusively property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent composition=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The group performed numerous songs by other composers in clubs in Hamburg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 performed	nsubj
3	performed	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	numerous	numerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 songs	amod
5	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performed	obj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 composers	case
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 composers	amod
8	composers	composer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performed	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 clubs	case
10	clubs	club	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 performed	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 Hamburg	case
12	Hamburg	Hamburg	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 clubs	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past	the group	numerous songs		clubs in Hamburg		by other composers	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Theme

Option 4

The group declined to perform in any club whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 group	det
2	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 declined	nsubj
3	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 perform	mark
5	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 declined	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 club	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 club	det
8	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	obl
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	5 perform	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decline	past	the group						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not perform	to-infinitive	the group not said here			any club		whatsoever property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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