Exam question 2 · Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the classification of the saxophone.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, classify · To what, where: response, classification, saxophone

This is exam question 2 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	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 classification	det
11	classification	classification	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 saxophone	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 saxophone	det
14	saxophone	saxophone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 classification	nmod
15	.	.	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 classification of the saxophone		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus classification=Experiencer
4	classify			the saxophone		nom classification «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

It is a percussion instrument, since it is struck

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	5 instrument	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 instrument	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 instrument	det
4	percussion	percussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instrument	compound
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 instrument	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	10 struck	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 struck	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 struck	aux:pass
10	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 instrument	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a percussion instrument					tree rules
2	strike	present · passive		instrument					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

It is a string instrument concealed within a tube

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	5 instrument	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 instrument	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 instrument	det
4	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instrument	compound
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 instrument	acl
7	within	within	ADP	_	9 tube	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tube	det
9	tube	tube	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a string instrument					tree rules
2	conceal	participle		a string instrument not said here				within a tube	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It is a brass instrument, since it is constructed of brass

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	5 instrument	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 instrument	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 instrument	det
4	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 instrument	compound
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 constructed	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	10 constructed	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 constructed	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 constructed	aux:pass
10	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 instrument	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 brass	case
12	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 constructed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a brass instrument					tree rules
2	construct	present · passive		instrument				of brass	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It is a woodwind instrument, since its sound is produced by a reed

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	5 instrument	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 instrument	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 instrument	det
4	woodwind	woodwind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 instrument	amod
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 produced	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 produced	mark
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sound	nmod:poss
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 produced	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 produced	aux:pass
11	produced	produce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 instrument	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 reed	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 reed	det
14	reed	reed	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 produced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a woodwind instrument					tree rules
2	produce	present · passive	a reed	instrument's sound					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result

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