Concerts, orchestras and live gigs

Tests: 4 of 11 right · Exam: 1 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 6 of 15 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 11 of the arts course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: the lesson in the corpora.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗

Your mate goes, "clap in the wrong place and they chuck you out, innit." Is he right?

1. No, because clapping is banned entirely in every concert hall — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Yes, but only in Mozart's time — no support
3. No, it's a custom, and many musicians like the enthusiasm — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Yes, it's the law in every concert hall and they'll call security — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mei's sister says the festival was "bussin', no cap" (really good, honestly). What did she most likely need?

1. Nothing, festivals can't harm your ears at all — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A seat right by the stage, near the speakers — no support
3. A louder speaker to hear the band better — no support
4. Earplugs and breaks to protect her ears — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

What would happen if an orchestra of eighty played without ever agreeing a tuning note?

1. It would sound better than ever, all eighty of them — no support
2. Their notes would clash and sound out of tune — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. Nobody could hear the difference — no support
4. The instruments would tune themselves after a minute — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 6: «Before an orchestra plays, the players tune up: usually the oboe plays the note A and everyone matches it so their instruments agree.», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tune up» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

The uncle in the North East says, "Without her we'd be a train crash, pet." What does he mean?

1. The orchestra travels to concerts by train — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Without the conductor the orchestra would fall apart, dear — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. The conductor causes accidents when she waves her stick about — no support
4. His pet dog plays in the orchestra on Sundays — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ravi's gran says the busker is "grafting for every penny" (working hard). What does she think busking is?

1. A lazy way to get money — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. A crime against the town and its shops — no support
3. Real work that deserves a coin or a clap — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Begging that the police should stop at once — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · right ✓

Tom's dad growls that the touts are "taking the mick". What is he cross about?

1. The band playing far too loud for his ears — no support
2. The tickets being given away free — no support
3. The concert starting an hour early without warning — no support
4. People reselling tickets for much more money — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 5: «People talk about it in their own way: in Britain "grafting" is working hard, a "tout" (a "scalper" in America) resells tickets for big money, and "taking the…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same action «resell» (+2); the same thing acted on «tickets» (+2); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Jamal says the sax player is "goated" (the greatest). His mate says it's "just random notes". Who is closer?

1. Jamal, because good improvising follows the song's rules — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The mate, because improvising has no rules at all — no support
3. The mate, because sax can't play solos — no support
4. Neither, because jazz is always written down note by note — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 8, line 3: «A choir often splits into parts singing different notes at once, called harmony, so a different note is not always a mistake; picture the high voices, the low…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «different note» (+2); the same property (+1). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Ella's cousin rolls his eyes: "That encore was planned." What is true?

1. Encores are always a surprise to the band, never planned — score 1
2. The band only returns if the crowd cries real tears — ← Mova's choice · score 5
3. Most big bands plan the encore, but cheering still matters — ✓ the right answer · score 5
4. Bands are not allowed to plan anything before a show — no support

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 11, line 3: «Some habits are customs, not laws: many classical audiences wait to clap until the end of a long piece, rock crowds shout for an encore that was planned all al…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «shout» (+4); the same doer «rock crowds» (+3). Against it: one says «not», the other does not (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · right ✓

Anya's grandad points at the screen above the stage. Why?

1. It shows the football score for the bored — no support
2. It tells people exactly when to clap and cheer — no support
3. It shows the price of the tickets — no support
4. It shows the words translated from Italian — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3

Why: It took the question to ask why something happens (its cause). It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 13: «Opera is a play where the story is sung, with an orchestra; theatres often show translated words on a screen called surtitles, and many opera houses sell cheap…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «show» (+2); the same thing acted on «translated words» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · right ✓

Someone says opera is "only for posh old people". What is a fair answer?

1. Opera tunes never appear in cartoons, films or adverts — no support
2. Opera is only ever sung in English — no support
3. He's right, children are banned from every opera — no support
4. Many theatres sell cheap tickets for young people — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 8

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 4 with score 8, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 13: «Opera is a play where the story is sung, with an orchestra; theatres often show translated words on a screen called surtitles, and many opera houses sell cheap…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «sell» (+4); the same thing acted on «cheap tickets» (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

A cartoon shows the orchestra warming up and the audience cheering the "amazing music". What's funny about that?

1. The warm-up noise is only tuning, not the music — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Orchestras never warm up — no support
3. The audience should have booed the conductor — no support
4. Warm-ups are the best part of a concert — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓

Identify the principal purpose of the sounding of the note A by the oboe prior to an orchestral performance.

1. The bringing of all instruments into agreement of pitch — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · no support
2. The demonstration of the oboist's proficiency — no support
3. The signalling of the interval to the members of the audience — no support
4. The commencement of the first movement of the work — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning applause between movements of a symphony.

1. It has never been practised by any audience — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. It results invariably in expulsion from the hall — no support
3. Its avoidance is a custom rather than a law, and it was common in Mozart's time — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. It is prohibited by law in every jurisdiction — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "improvisation" in jazz?

1. The random production of notes without regard to any rule or to the piece — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The miming of a performance to a recording previously made in a studio — no support
3. The invention of music in performance within the chords and rhythm of the piece — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. The rapid reading of music from a written score — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

Ascertain the course of action most prudent in respect of the purchase of tickets for a popular concert.

1. The purchase solely from persons reselling at a profit — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. The abandonment of any attempt to attend — no support
3. The purchase from any website whatsoever without enquiry — no support
4. The purchase from the official vendor, with caution towards resold tickets — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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