Exam question 1 · Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys

Identify the principal criterion upon which instruments are assigned to families.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, assign · To what, where: principal criterion, instruments, families

This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys» 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 criterion	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 criterion	amod
4	criterion	criterion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 assigned	obl
7	instruments	instrument	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 assigned	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 assigned	aux:pass
9	assigned	assign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 criterion	acl:relcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 families	case
11	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 assigned	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal criterion					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent criterion=Theme
2	assign	present · passive		instruments				to families goal; upon the principal criterion	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to family=Goal

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

The dimensions of the instrument

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dimensions	det
2	dimensions	dimension	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 instrument	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 instrument	det
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dimensions	nmod

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

Option 2

The nationality of its inventor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nationality	det
2	nationality	nationality	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 inventor	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 inventor	nmod:poss
5	inventor	inventor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 nationality	nmod

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The material of which the instrument is constructed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 material	det
2	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 constructed	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 instrument	det
6	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 constructed	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 constructed	aux:pass
8	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 material	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct	present · passive		the instrument				of the material	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The means by which the sound is produced

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 produced	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sound	det
6	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 produced	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 produced	aux:pass
8	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	The						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	produce	present · passive		the sound					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

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