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title: Ascertain the course of action most conducive to the continued exist… — Starting a band · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the course of action most conducive to the continued existence of a band. Exam question 4 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 4 · Starting a band

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Ascertain the course of action most conducive to the continued existence of a band.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, band · **What happens:** ascertain, continue, exist · **To what, where:** course

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the course of action most conducive to the continued existence of a band.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	conducive	conducive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	existence	existence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	band	band	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **continue** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **exist** |  | a band |  |  |  |  |  | nom existence «state intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 subordination of all members to the loudest performer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e4:o1:1
# text = The subordination of all members to the loudest performer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	subordination	subordination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	performer	performer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **subordinate** |  |  | all members to the loudest performer |  |  |  |  | nom subordination «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The abandonment of any arrangement for joint rehearsal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e4:o2:1
# text = The abandonment of any arrangement for joint rehearsal
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	abandonment	abandonment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	joint	joint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	rehearsal	rehearsal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **abandon** |  |  | any arrangement |  |  |  | for joint rehearsal | nom abandonment «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl |

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

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The making of decisions jointly, by discussion, vote or rotation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e4:o3:1
# text = The making of decisions jointly, by discussion, vote or rotation
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	making	making	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	decisions	decision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	jointly	jointly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	discussion	discussion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	rotation	rotation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** |  | decisions |  |  |  |  |  | nom making «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The vesting of all decisions in the founding member alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:4-starting-a-band:e4:o4:1
# text = The vesting of all decisions in the founding member alone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vesting	vesting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	decisions	decision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	founding	founding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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