Exam question 2 · Singing, choirs and talent shows

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the prevalence of true tone deafness.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, prevalence

This is exam question 2 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prevalence	det
11	prevalence	prevalence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 deafness	case
13	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 deafness	amod
14	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deafness	compound
15	deafness	deafness	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 prevalence	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the prevalence of true tone deafness		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus prevalence=Experiencer

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 right answer

It is reported to be rare, and most persons may improve with practice

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 reported	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reported	aux:pass
3	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 rare	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 rare	cop
6	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reported	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 improve	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 improve	cc
9	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 persons	amod
10	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 improve	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 improve	aux
12	improve	improve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reported	parataxis
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 practice	case
14	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 improve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	report	present · passive		It		vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	is	to-infinitive			rare property	tree rules
3	improve	may	most persons		with practice	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with practice=Instrument

Option 2

It affects the majority of persons who sing poorly and is inherited in families

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 affects	nsubj
2	affects	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 majority	det
4	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 affects	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 majority	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sing	nsubj
8	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 persons	acl:relcl
9	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	8 sing	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 inherited	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 inherited	aux:pass
12	inherited	inherit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 affects	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 families	case
14	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 inherited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	affect	present	It	the majority of persons			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus majority=Experiencer
2	sing speech: express	present	persons			poorly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
3	inherit	present · passive			families		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»

Option 3

It is unknown to medical science

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 unknown	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unknown	cop
3	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 science	case
5	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 science	amod
6	science	science	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unknown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to medical science; unknown property	tree rules

Option 4

It is incapable of any amelioration by practice

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 incapable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 amelioration	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 amelioration	det
6	amelioration	amelioration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incapable	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 practice	case
8	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 amelioration	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					of any amelioration by practice; incapable property	tree rules
2	ameliorate		practice						nom amelioration «act transitive»: by=agent

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