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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "rhythm section"? Exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Starting a band» 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 · Starting a band

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "rhythm section"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** term

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Starting a band» 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/4-starting-a-band/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "rhythm section"?
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	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	rhythm	rhythm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	section	section	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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 audience members positioned nearest the stage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e2:o1:1
# text = The audience members positioned nearest the stage
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	audience	audience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	positioned	position	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	nearest	nearest	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stage	stage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **position** | participle |  | the audience members *not said here* |  |  |  | nearest the stage | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The vocalists entrusted with the uppermost parts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e2:o2:1
# text = The vocalists entrusted with the uppermost parts
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vocalists	vocalist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	entrusted	entrust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	uppermost	uppermost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entrust** | past | the vocalists |  |  |  |  | with the uppermost parts | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with part=Theme |

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

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The bass and drums jointly responsible for sustaining the beat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e2:o3:1
# text = The bass and drums jointly responsible for sustaining the beat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bass	bass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	drums	drum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	jointly	jointly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	sustaining	sustain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	beat	beat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sustain** | gerund |  | the beat |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent beat=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The portion of a score in which the rhythms are notated

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e2:o4:1
# text = The portion of a score in which the rhythms are notated
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rhythms	rhythm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
10	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	notated	notate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notate** | present · passive |  | the rhythms |  | a score |  |  | 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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