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title: Identify the principal purpose of the single note sounded by an orch… — Show day: the exhibition, the concert… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of the single note sounded by an orchestra prior to a concert. Exam question 1 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 1 · Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz

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Identify the principal purpose of the single note sounded by an orchestra prior to a concert.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, single note · **What happens:** identify, sound, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose, single note

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 40 «Show day: the exhibition, the concert and the big arts quiz» 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/40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of the single note sounded by an orchestra prior to a concert.
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	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	sounded	sound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	16	case	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	fixed	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 purpose of the single note |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **sound** | participle |  | the single note *not said here* |  |  |  | by a orchestra prior a concert | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by orchestra=Location |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | the single note |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The tuning of all instruments to a common pitch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:e1:o1:1
# text = The tuning of all instruments to a common pitch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tuning	tuning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	instruments	instrument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	pitch	pitch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tune** |  |  | all instruments to a common pitch |  |  |  |  | nom tuning «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The demonstration of which instrument in the orchestra is the loudest of all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:e1:o2:1
# text = The demonstration of which instrument in the orchestra is the loudest of all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	demonstration	demonstration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	instrument	instrument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	orchestra	orchestra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the demonstration of which instrument in the orchestra |  |  |  |  | of all; loud *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **demonstrate** |  |  | which instrument in the orchestra |  |  |  |  | nom demonstration «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The announcement of the conductor's arrival

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:e1:o3:1
# text = The announcement of the conductor's arrival
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	announcement	announcement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	conductor	conductor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **announce** |  |  | the conductor's arrival |  |  |  |  | nom announcement «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **arrive** |  | the conductor |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The rehearsal of the opening note of the work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:40-show-day-the-exhibition-the-concert-and-the-big-arts-quiz:e1:o4:1
# text = The rehearsal of the opening note of the work
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rehearsal	rehearsal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	opening	opening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rehearse** |  |  | the opening note of the work |  |  |  |  | nom rehearsal «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **note** |  |  | the work |  |  |  |  | nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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