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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "crotchet" and "quarter note". Exam question 3 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; 
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# Exam question 3 · Reading music: notes, beats and rhythm

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "crotchet" and "quarter note".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, terms

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the terms "crotchet" and "quarter note".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	crotchet	crotchet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the terms and crotchet and quarter note |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus term=Experiencer |

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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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They denote one and the same note in British and American usage respectively

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:e3:o1:1
# text = They denote one and the same note in British and American usage respectively
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denote	denote	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	usage	usage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	respectively	respectively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | They | the one same note |  |  |  | in British usage; respectively *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot note=Theme in usage=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The former is erroneous and the latter correct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:e3:o2:1
# text = The former is erroneous and the latter correct
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	erroneous	erroneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
8	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the former |  |  |  |  | erroneous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the former *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** *speech: disagree* |  | the former *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They denote two notes of entirely different duration, the one twice as long as the other

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:e3:o3:1
# text = They denote two notes of entirely different duration, the one twice as long as the other
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denote	denote	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
12	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	14	advmod	_	_
13	as	as	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | They | two notes of different duration and the one |  |  |  | long *property* | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot note=Topic |
| 2 | **note** |  |  | different duration |  |  |  |  | nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The latter is erroneous and the former correct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:2-reading-music-notes-beats-and-rhythm:e3:o4:1
# text = The latter is erroneous and the former correct
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	erroneous	erroneous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the latter |  |  |  |  | erroneous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *speech: disagree* |  | the latter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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