Exam question 1 · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing

Identify the principal function of a music producer in the making of a recording.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, recording · What happens: identify, make · To what, where: principal function, making

This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «How a song is made: writing, recording, producing» 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 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 producer	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 producer	det
7	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 producer	compound
8	producer	producer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 making	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 making	det
11	making	making	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 recording	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 recording	det
14	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 making	nmod
15	.	.	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 principal function of a music producer		the making of a recording			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	make		a recording						nom making «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

The direction of the sound of the recording, including major decisions of arrangement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 direction	det
2	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sound	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sound	det
5	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 direction	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 recording	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 recording	det
8	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sound	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 decisions	punct
10	including	including	ADP	_	12 decisions	case
11	major	major	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 decisions	amod
12	decisions	decision	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 direction	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 arrangement	case
14	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 decisions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide			arrangement					nom decision «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The sale of tickets for the performances of the artist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sale	det
2	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tickets	case
4	tickets	ticket	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sale	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 performances	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 performances	det
7	performances	performance	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tickets	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 artist	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 artist	det
10	artist	artist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 performances	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform			the artist					nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The publication of critical reviews of the recording

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 publication	det
2	publication	publication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 reviews	case
4	critical	critical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reviews	amod
5	reviews	review	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 publication	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 recording	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 recording	det
8	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reviews	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	publish			critical reviews of the recording					nom publication «communication transitive»: of=patient
2	review			the recording					nom review «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The operation of the recording button and no other duty whatsoever during the sessions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 operation	det
2	operation	operation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 button	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 button	det
5	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 button	compound
6	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 operation	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 duty	cc
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 duty	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 duty	amod
10	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 button	conj
11	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	10 duty	advmod
12	during	during	ADP	_	14 sessions	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sessions	det
14	sessions	session	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 operation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	operate			the recording button and no other duty			during the sessions		nom operation «state transitive»: of=patient during=obl

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