Exam question 1 · Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz

Identify the principal purpose of the single note sounded by an orchestra prior to a concert.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, single note · What happens: identify, sound, purpose · To what, where: principal purpose, single note

This is exam question 1 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 note	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 note	det
7	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 note	amod
8	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
9	sounded	sound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 note	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 orchestra	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 orchestra	det
12	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sounded	obl
13	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 concert	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 prior	fixed
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 concert	det
16	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 orchestra	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose of the single note		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	sound	participle		the single note not said here	by a orchestra prior a concert	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by orchestra=Location
3	purpose		the single note			nom purpose «cognition 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 right answer

The tuning of all instruments to a common pitch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tuning	det
2	tuning	tuning	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 instruments	case
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 instruments	det
5	instruments	instrument	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tuning	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 pitch	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pitch	det
8	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pitch	amod
9	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instruments	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tune			all instruments to a common pitch					nom tuning «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The demonstration of which instrument in the orchestra is the loudest of all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 demonstration	det
2	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 loudest	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 instrument	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 instrument	det
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 demonstration	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 orchestra	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 orchestra	det
8	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instrument	nmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 loudest	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 loudest	det
11	loudest	loud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 loudest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the demonstration of which instrument in the orchestra					of all; loud property	tree rules
2	demonstrate			which instrument in the orchestra					nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The announcement of the conductor's arrival

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 announcement	det
2	announcement	announcement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 arrival	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 conductor	det
5	conductor	conductor	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arrival	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 conductor	case
7	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 announcement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	announce			the conductor's arrival					nom announcement «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	arrive		the conductor						nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The rehearsal of the opening note of the work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rehearsal	det
2	rehearsal	rehearsal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 note	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 note	det
5	opening	opening	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 note	amod
6	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rehearsal	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 work	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 work	det
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 note	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rehearse			the opening note of the work					nom rehearsal «act transitive»: of=patient
2	note			the work					nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient

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