Exam question 2 · Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★

Identify the principle by which the family of a musical instrument is determined.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, family · What happens: identify, be · To what, where: principle

This is exam question 2 of lesson 41 «Olympiad: music puzzles ★★★» 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	3 principle	det
3	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 determined	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 family	det
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 determined	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 instrument	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 instrument	det
10	musical	musical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 instrument	amod
11	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 family	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 determined	cop
13	determined	determined	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Identify	parataxis
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principle					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent principle=Theme
2	is	present	the family of a musical instrument					determined 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 size of the person who plays it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 size	det
2	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 person	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 size	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 plays	nsubj
7	plays	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 plays	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present	the person	person					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

The country in which it was invented

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 country	det
2	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 invented	obl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 invented	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 invented	aux:pass
7	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 country	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive		country		the country			vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 3

The material of which it is constructed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 material	det
2	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 constructed	obl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 constructed	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 constructed	aux:pass
7	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 material	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct	present · passive		material				of the material	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The manner in which its sound is produced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 manner	det
2	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 produced	nsubj:pass
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 sound	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 sound	nsubj
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sound	nmod:poss
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 manner	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 produced	aux:pass
8	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	present · passive		the manner in manner's sound					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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