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title: Identify the principal purpose of the sounding of the note A by the… — Concerts, orchestras and live gigs · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of the sounding of the note A by the oboe prior to an orchestral performance. Exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Concerts, orchestras and live gigs» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Exam question 1 · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs

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

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, sounding · **What happens:** identify, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Concerts, orchestras and live gigs» 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/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of the sounding of the note A by the oboe prior to an orchestral performance.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sounding	sounding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	flat	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	oboe	oboe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
15	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	19	case	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	orchestral	orchestral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose of the sounding of the note |  |  |  | by the oboe; prior a orchestral performance | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | the sounding of the note |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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The bringing of all instruments into agreement of pitch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e1:o1:1
# text = The bringing of all instruments into agreement of pitch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	instruments	instrument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | gerund |  |  |  | agreement of pitch |  | of all instruments | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent into agreement=Destination |
| 2 | **agree** |  | pitch |  |  |  |  |  | nom agreement «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The demonstration of the oboist's proficiency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e1:o2:1
# text = The demonstration of the oboist's proficiency
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	oboist	oboist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	proficiency	proficiency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demonstrate** |  |  | the oboist's proficiency |  |  |  |  | nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The signalling of the interval to the members of the audience

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e1:o3:1
# text = The signalling of the interval to the members of the audience
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	signalling	signalling	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	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The commencement of the first movement of the work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e1:o4:1
# text = The commencement of the first movement of the work
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	commencement	commencement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	movement	movement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** |  |  | the work |  |  |  |  | nom movement «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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