---
title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Concerts, orchestras and live gigs · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "improvisation" in jazz? Exam question 3 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's choice w
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/e3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/) / [Concerts, orchestras and live gigs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/) / e3

# Exam question 3 · Concerts, orchestras and live gigs

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "improvisation" in jazz?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** term, jazz

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "improvisation" in jazz?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	improvisation	improvisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	jazz	jazz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 term |  | jazz |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The random production of notes without regard to any rule or to the piece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e3:o1:1
# text = The random production of notes without regard to any rule or to the piece
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	random	random	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** |  |  | notes without regard to any rule or the piece |  |  |  |  | nom production «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The miming of a performance to a recording previously made in a studio

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e3:o2:1
# text = The miming of a performance to a recording previously made in a studio
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	miming	miming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	recording	recording	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	previously	previously	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	studio	studio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle · passive |  | the miming of a performance to a recording |  | a studio |  | previously *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The invention of music in performance within the chords and rhythm of the piece

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e3:o3:1
# text = The invention of music in performance within the chords and rhythm of the piece
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	invention	invention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	chords	chord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** |  |  | music |  | performance within the chords and rhythm of the piece |  |  | nom invention «cognition transitive»: of=patient in=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The rapid reading of music from a written score

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs:e3:o4:1
# text = The rapid reading of music from a written score
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rapid	rapid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **read** |  |  | music |  | a written score |  |  | nom reading «cognition transitive»: of=patient from=place |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Concerts, orchestras and live gigs, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/e2/)
- next →: [Concerts, orchestras and live gigs, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/e4/)
- ↑ back to [Concerts, orchestras and live gigs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/11-concerts-orchestras-and-live-gigs/)