Exam question 1 · Singing, choirs and talent shows

Identify the principal meaning of the instruction to sing "from the diaphragm".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, sing, mean · To what, where: principal meaning, diaphragm, instruction

This is exam question 1 of lesson 8 «Singing, choirs and talent shows» 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 meaning	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 meaning	amod
4	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 instruction	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 instruction	det
7	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 meaning	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sing	mark
9	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Identify	advcl
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 diaphragm	punct
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 diaphragm	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 diaphragm	det
13	diaphragm	diaphragm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sing	obj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 diaphragm	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal meaning of the instruction	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme
2	sing speech: express	to-infinitive	you not said here	the diaphragm	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location diaphragm=Theme
3	mean			the instruction	nom meaning «communication 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

The suspension of respiration during performance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 suspension	det
2	suspension	suspension	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 respiration	case
4	respiration	respiration	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suspension	nmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	6 performance	case
6	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 suspension	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The restriction of the voice to its lowest register

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 restriction	det
2	restriction	restriction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 voice	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 voice	det
5	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restriction	nmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 register	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 register	nmod:poss
8	lowest	low	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 register	amod
9	register	register	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 restriction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrict			the voice				to voice's lowest register	nom restriction «cognition transitive»: of=patient to=obl
2	register		voice						nom register «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The production of the maximum possible volume

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 production	det
2	production	production	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 volume	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 volume	det
5	maximum	maximum	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 volume	amod
6	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 volume	amod
7	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 production	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce			the maximum possible volume					nom production «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The employment of steady and controlled breath support

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 employment	det
2	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 support	case
4	steady	steady	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 support	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 controlled	cc
6	controlled	controlled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 steady	conj
7	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 support	compound
8	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 employment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ			steady breath support					nom employment «state transitive»: of=patient

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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