Exam question 4 · Starting a band

Ascertain the course of action most conducive to the continued existence of a band.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, band · What happens: ascertain, continue, exist · To what, where: course

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 conducive	advmod
7	conducive	conducive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 existence	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 existence	det
10	continued	continue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 existence	amod
11	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conducive	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 band	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 band	det
14	band	band	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 existence	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the course of action	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic
2	continue	participle			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	exist		a band		nom existence «state intransitive»: of=agent

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 subordination of all members to the loudest performer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 subordination	det
2	subordination	subordination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 members	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 members	det
5	members	member	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 subordination	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 performer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 performer	det
8	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 performer	amod
9	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 members	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	subordinate			all members to the loudest performer					nom subordination «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The abandonment of any arrangement for joint rehearsal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 abandonment	det
2	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 arrangement	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 arrangement	det
5	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abandonment	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 rehearsal	case
7	joint	joint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rehearsal	amod
8	rehearsal	rehearsal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 abandonment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon			any arrangement				for joint rehearsal	nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The making of decisions jointly, by discussion, vote or rotation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 making	det
2	making	making	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 decisions	case
4	decisions	decision	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 making	nmod
5	jointly	jointly	ADV	_	4 decisions	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 discussion	punct
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 discussion	case
8	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 making	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 vote	punct
10	vote	vote	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 discussion	conj
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 rotation	cc
12	rotation	rotation	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 discussion	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make		decisions						nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The vesting of all decisions in the founding member alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 vesting	det
2	vesting	vesting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 decisions	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 decisions	det
5	decisions	decision	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 vesting	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 member	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 member	det
8	founding	founding	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 member	compound
9	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 decisions	nmod
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 member	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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