Exam question 3 · Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys

Ascertain the reason for which an electric guitar produces little sound when not connected to any apparatus.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, electric guitar · What happens: ascertain, produce, not connect · To what, where: reason, little sound

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 produces	obl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 guitar	det
7	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 guitar	amod
8	guitar	guitar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 produces	nsubj
9	produces	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sound	amod
11	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 produces	obj
12	when	when	SCONJ	_	14 connected	mark
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 connected	advmod
14	connected	connect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 produces	advcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 apparatus	case
16	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	17 apparatus	det
17	apparatus	apparatus	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 connected	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	produce	present	a electric guitar	little sound	for the reason	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sound=Result for which=Beneficiary
3	not connect	participle	a electric guitar not said here		to any apparatus	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to apparatus=Co-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

Its strings require the application of rosin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 strings	nmod:poss
2	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 require	nsubj
3	require	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 application	det
5	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 require	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 rosin	case
7	rosin	rosin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 application	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Its strings	the application of rosin					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme application=Precondition
2	apply		rosin						nom application «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Its solid body requires an amplifier to render its sound loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 body	nmod:poss
2	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 body	amod
3	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 requires	nsubj
4	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 amplifier	det
6	amplifier	amplifier	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 requires	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 render	mark
8	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 requires	xcomp
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sound	nmod:poss
10	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 render	obj
11	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 render	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Its solid body	a amplifier					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent amplifier=Recipient clause=Topic
2	render	to-infinitive	Its solid body not said here	body's sound				loud property	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme

Option 3

It has sustained irreparable damage to its body and strings and cannot be mended

The tree, 15 words

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 sustained	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sustained	aux
3	sustained	sustain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	irreparable	irreparable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 damage	amod
5	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sustained	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 body	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 body	nmod:poss
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 damage	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 strings	cc
10	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 body	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 mended	cc
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 mended	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 mended	advmod
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 mended	aux:pass
15	mended	mend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sustained	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	present · perfect · passive		It					tree rules
2	not mend	can · passive							tree rules

Option 4

It is designed to be inaudible in all circumstances

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 designed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 designed	aux:pass
3	designed	design	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 inaudible	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 inaudible	cop
6	inaudible	inaudible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 designed	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 circumstances	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 circumstances	det
9	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 inaudible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	design	present · passive		It					vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
2	is	to-infinitive				all circumstances		inaudible property	tree rules

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