Exam question 2 · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing

Which of the following statements most accurately distinguishes mixing from mastering?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, distinguish, mix, master

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 distinguishes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 distinguishes	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 distinguishes	advmod
8	distinguishes	distinguish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	mixing	mix	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 distinguishes	xcomp
10	from	from	SCONJ	_	11 mastering	mark
11	mastering	master	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 mixing	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 distinguishes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	distinguish	present	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	mix	gerund		vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	master	gerund		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

Mixing concerns percussion and mastering concerns voices exclusively

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mixing	mix	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 concerns	amod
2	concerns	concern	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 voices	nsubj
3	percussion	percussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 voices	compound
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 concerns	cc
5	mastering	mastering	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerns	compound
6	concerns	concern	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 percussion	conj
7	voices	voice	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	7 voices	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	gerund							vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Mastering precedes mixing in every instance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mastering	mastering	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 precedes	nsubj
2	precedes	precede	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mixing	mix	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 precedes	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 instance	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 instance	det
6	instance	instance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mixing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	precede	present	Mastering						tree rules
2	mix	gerund	Mastering not said here			every instance			vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Mixing balances the individual tracks, whereas mastering polishes the completed mix

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mixing	mixing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 balances	nsubj
2	balances	balance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tracks	det
4	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tracks	compound
5	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 balances	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 polishes	punct
7	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	9 polishes	mark
8	mastering	master	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 polishes	nsubj
9	polishes	polish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 balances	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mix	det
11	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 mix	amod
12	mix	mix	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 polishes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	balance	present	Mixing	the individual tracks	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location track=Theme
2	master	gerund			tree rules
3	polish	present		the completed mix	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent mix=Destination
4	complete	participle			vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The two terms denote one and the same procedure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 terms	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 terms	nummod
3	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 denote	nsubj
4	denote	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 denote	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 procedure	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 procedure	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 procedure	amod
9	procedure	procedure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 one	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	the two terms	one and the same procedure					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot one=Topic

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