Exam question 3 · Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch and echoes
It is given that a string is shortened and tightened. Ascertain the consequent alteration in the note produced thereby.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, shorten, tighten, ascertain, produce · To what, where: It, string, consequent alteration, note
This is exam question 3 of lesson 54 «Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch and echoes» of the world 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a string is shortened and tightened.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 shortened | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 string | det |
| 6 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shortened | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 shortened | aux:pass |
| 8 | shortened | shorten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 tightened | cc |
| 10 | tightened | tighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 shortened | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | shorten | present · passive | a string | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | tighten | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the consequent alteration in the note produced thereby.
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 alteration | det |
| 3 | consequent | consequent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 alteration | compound |
| 4 | alteration | alteration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 note | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 note | det |
| 7 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 alteration | nmod |
| 8 | produced | produce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 note | acl |
| 9 | thereby | thereby | ADV | _ | 8 produced | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the consequent alteration | the note | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alteration=Topic | |||
| 2 | produce | participle | the note not said here | thereby property | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The pitch of the note shall be lowered
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pitch | det |
| 2 | pitch | pitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lowered | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 note | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 note | det |
| 5 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pitch | nmod |
| 6 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 lowered | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 lowered | aux:pass |
| 8 | lowered | lower | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lower | shall · passive | the pitch of the note | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
The loudness alone shall be diminished
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 loudness | det |
| 2 | loudness | loudness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 diminished | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 2 loudness | advmod |
| 4 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 diminished | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 diminished | aux:pass |
| 6 | diminished | diminish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | diminish | shall · passive | the loudness | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
The note shall remain wholly unaltered
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 note | det |
| 2 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 remain | nsubj |
| 3 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 remain | aux |
| 4 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | wholly | wholly | ADV | _ | 6 unaltered | advmod |
| 6 | unaltered | unaltered | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 remain | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remain | shall | the note | unaltered property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The pitch of the note shall be raised
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 pitch | det |
| 2 | pitch | pitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 raised | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 note | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 note | det |
| 5 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pitch | nmod |
| 6 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 raised | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 raised | aux:pass |
| 8 | raised | raise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | shall · passive | the pitch of the note | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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