Exam question 4 · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing

Determine the most accurate characterisation of the use of pitch-correction software by a vocalist.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: determine, characterise, use · To what, where: accurate characterisation, use, correction software

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 characterisation	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurate	advmod
4	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 characterisation	amod
5	characterisation	characterisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 use	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 use	det
8	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterisation	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 software	case
10	pitch	pitch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 correction	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 pitch	punct
12	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 software	compound
13	software	software	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 use	nmod
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 vocalist	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 vocalist	det
16	vocalist	vocalist	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the accurate characterisation of the use of correction software	by a vocalist	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent characterisation=Topic
2	characterise			the use of correction software		nom characterisation «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	use			correction software		nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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

It is forbidden to all professional vocalists

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forbidden	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 vocalists	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 vocalists	det
6	professional	professional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 vocalists	amod
7	vocalists	vocalist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forbidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · passive		It				to all professional vocalists	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

It establishes conclusively an absence of talent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 establishes	nsubj
2	establishes	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	conclusively	conclusively	ADV	_	2 establishes	advmod
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 absence	det
5	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 establishes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 talent	case
7	talent	talent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 absence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	present	It	a absence of talent				conclusively property	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent absence=Patient
2	absent			talent					nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It renders any person a singer of the first rank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 renders	nsubj
2	renders	render	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 person	det
4	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 singer	det
6	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 renders	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 rank	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rank	det
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	10 rank	amod
10	rank	rank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 singer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	render	present	It	a singer of the first rank	any person				vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent person=Recipient singer=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It does not of itself establish an inability to sing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 establish	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 establish	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 establish	advmod
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 itself	case
5	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 establish	obl
6	establish	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 inability	det
8	inability	inability	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 establish	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 sing	mark
10	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 establish	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not establish	present · do-support	It	a inability				of itself = it	tree rules
2	sing speech: express	to-infinitive							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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