Exam question 4 · Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the customary seating of an orchestra?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: customary seating

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 seating	det
10	customary	customary	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seating	compound
11	seating	seating	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 orchestra	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 orchestra	det
14	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 seating	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the customary seating of a orchestra				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 percussion is placed nearest the audience

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 percussion	det
2	percussion	percussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 placed	aux:pass
4	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	nearest	nearest	ADP	_	7 audience	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 audience	det
7	audience	audience	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		the percussion				nearest the audience	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

The most accomplished players are placed at the front

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 players	det
2	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	3 accomplished	advmod
3	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 players	amod
4	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 placed	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 placed	aux:pass
6	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 front	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 front	det
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accomplish	participle							vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	place	present · passive		the accomplished players		the front			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at front=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Quieter strings are placed at the front and louder brass and percussion at the rear

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quieter	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 strings	amod
2	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 placed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 placed	aux:pass
4	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 front	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 front	det
7	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 brass	cc
9	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 brass	amod
10	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 front	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 percussion	cc
12	percussion	percussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 front	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 rear	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 rear	det
15	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	present · passive		Quieter strings		the front and louder brass and percussion		at the rear	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at front=Destination

Option 4

Seating is determined by the order of arrival

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seating	seating	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determined	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 determined	aux:pass
3	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 order	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 order	det
6	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determined	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 arrival	case
8	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 order	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	the order of arrival	Seating					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	order			arrival					nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient

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