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title: Identify the principal function of a rest as notated in a musical sc… — Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal function of a rest as notated in a musical score. Exam question 2 of lesson 2 «Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm

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Identify the principal function of a rest as notated in a musical score.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, notate · **To what, where:** principal function, musical score

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2 «Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm» 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/2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal function of a rest as notated in a musical score.
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	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	notated	notate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	musical	musical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 function of a rest |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme |
| 2 | **notate** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | a musical score |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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The indication of an interval for the recuperation of the performer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:e2:o1:1
# text = The indication of an interval for the recuperation of the performer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	recuperation	recuperation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	performer	performer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** |  |  | a interval for the recuperation of the performer |  |  |  |  | nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **recuperate** |  |  | the performer |  |  |  |  | nom recuperation «process transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The indication that the performer may proceed at will

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:e2:o2:1
# text = The indication that the performer may proceed at will
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	performer	performer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | may | the performer | the indication *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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The indication of a silence of determinate duration to be counted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:e2:o3:1
# text = The indication of a silence of determinate duration to be counted
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	determinate	determinate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determinate** | infinitive | the indication | duration |  |  |  | of a silence | tree rules |
| 2 | **count** | to-infinitive · passive | the indication *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The indication of the conclusion of the composition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:e2:o4:1
# text = The indication of the conclusion of the composition
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	indication	indication	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	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** |  |  | the conclusion of the composition |  |  |  |  | nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **conclude** |  |  | the composition |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition 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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