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description: Identify the principal reason for which a person perceives a recording of their own voice as unfamiliar. Exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 1 · Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons

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Identify the principal reason for which a person perceives a recording of their own voice as unfamiliar.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, person · **What happens:** identify, perceive · **To what, where:** principal reason, recording

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Voices, sound and music in films and cartoons» 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/24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a person perceives a recording of their own voice as unfamiliar.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	perceives	perceive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	recording	recording	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **perceive** | present | a person | a recording of their own voice |  |  |  | for the principal reason; as unfamiliar | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent recording=Theme as unfamiliar=Attribute |

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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 {#o1}

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Recording devices invariably raise the pitch of every voice they capture

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons:e1:o1:1
# text = Recording devices invariably raise the pitch of every voice they capture
1	Recording	record	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	raise	raise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	capture	capture	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **raise** | present | Recording devices | the pitch |  |  |  | of every voice; invariably *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pitch=Theme of voice=Destination |
| 3 | **capture** | present | devices *= device* | every voice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A person invariably speaks in an altered manner when aware of being recorded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons:e1:o2:1
# text = A person invariably speaks in an altered manner when aware of being recorded
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	speaks	speak	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	altered	alter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	aware	aware	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | a person |  |  | a altered manner |  | invariably *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **alter** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **record** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V» |

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

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One's voice is also heard through the bones of the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons:e1:o3:1
# text = One's voice is also heard through the bones of the head
1	One	one	PRON	PRP	Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	also	also	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | present · passive |  | One's voice |  | the bones of the head |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Another person produces the recording

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons:e1:o4:1
# text = Another person produces the recording
1	Another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	produces	produce	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	recording	recording	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | present | another person | the recording |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recording=Result |

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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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