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title: Ascertain the procedure most appropriate for the hygienic maintenanc… — Music lessons and the recorder · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the procedure most appropriate for the hygienic maintenance of a recorder. Exam question 4 of lesson 1 «Music lessons and the recorder» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 4 · Music lessons and the recorder

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Ascertain the procedure most appropriate for the hygienic maintenance of a recorder.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, maintain · **To what, where:** procedure, recorder

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1 «Music lessons and the recorder» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the procedure most appropriate for the hygienic maintenance of a recorder.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	hygienic	hygienic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	recorder	recorder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the procedure |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent procedure=Topic |
| 2 | **maintain** |  |  | a recorder |  |  |  |  | nom maintenance «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Periodic washing in warm soapy water and the avoidance of shared use

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:e4:o1:1
# text = Periodic washing in warm soapy water and the avoidance of shared use
1	Periodic	periodic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	soapy	soapy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **avoid** |  |  | shared use |  |  |  |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Occasional wiping of the mouthpiece upon an item of clothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:e4:o2:1
# text = Occasional wiping of the mouthpiece upon an item of clothing
1	Occasional	occasional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	wiping	wiping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mouthpiece	mouthpiece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	clothing	clothing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No procedure, since germs cannot reside upon plastic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:e4:o3:1
# text = No procedure, since germs cannot reside upon plastic
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	procedure	procedure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	since	since	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	reside	reside	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **reside** | can | no procedure since germs |  |  | plastic |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon plastic=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Forceful exhalation through the instrument to expel germs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder:e4:o4:1
# text = Forceful exhalation through the instrument to expel germs
1	Forceful	forceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	exhalation	exhalation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	expel	expel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
8	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expel** | to-infinitive |  | germs |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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