Exam question 4 · Singing, choirs and talent shows

Ascertain the appropriate conduct of a singer suffering from a sore throat prior to a performance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, singer · What happens: ascertain, suffer, conduct · To what, where: appropriate conduct, sore throat, singer

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 conduct	det
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 conduct	amod
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 singer	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 singer	det
7	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conduct	nmod
8	suffering	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 singer	acl
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 throat	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 throat	det
11	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 throat	amod
12	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 suffering	obl
13	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 performance	case
14	to	to	ADP	_	13 prior	fixed
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 performance	det
16	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 suffering	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the appropriate conduct of a singer			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic
2	suffer	gerund	a singer not said here		a sore throat	prior a performance	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	conduct			a singer			nom conduct «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

The substitution of shouting for singing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 substitution	det
2	substitution	substitution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 shouting	case
4	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 substitution	acl
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 singing	mark
6	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 shouting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund	the substitution not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sing speech: express	gerund	the substitution not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The singing at increased volume so as to clear the throat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 singing	det
2	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clear	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 volume	case
4	increased	increase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 volume	amod
5	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 singing	nmod
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 clear	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 clear	mark
8	to	to	PART	_	9 clear	mark
9	clear	clear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 throat	det
11	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	increase	participle							vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	clear	to-infinitive	the singing at increased volume	the throat					vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent throat=Source

Option 3

The disregarding of the condition entirely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 disregarding	det
2	disregarding	disregarding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 condition	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 condition	det
5	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregarding	nmod
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	2 disregarding	advmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The resting of the voice and the avoidance of forceful singing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 resting	det
2	resting	resting	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 resting	nmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 avoidance	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 avoidance	det
8	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 voice	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 singing	case
10	forceful	forceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 singing	amod
11	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 avoidance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid			forceful singing					nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient

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