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title: Ascertain the appropriate conduct of a singer suffering from a sore… — Singing, choirs and talent shows · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the appropriate conduct of a singer suffering from a sore throat prior to a performance. Exam question 4 of lesson 8 «Singing, choirs and talent shows» 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
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# Exam question 4 · Singing, choirs and talent shows

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Ascertain the appropriate conduct of a singer suffering from a sore throat prior to a performance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, singer · **What happens:** ascertain, suffer, conduct · **To what, where:** appropriate conduct, sore throat, singer

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 8 «Singing, choirs and talent shows» 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/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the appropriate conduct of a singer suffering from a sore throat prior to a performance.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	suffering	suffer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	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	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 appropriate conduct of a singer |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **suffer** | gerund | a singer *not said here* |  |  | a sore throat |  | prior a performance | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **conduct** |  |  | a singer |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 substitution of shouting for singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:e4:o1:1
# text = The substitution of shouting for singing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	substitution	substitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | the substitution *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the substitution *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The singing at increased volume so as to clear the throat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:e4:o2:1
# text = The singing at increased volume so as to clear the throat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	increased	increase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	volume	volume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	clear	clear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **increase** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **clear** | to-infinitive | the singing at increased volume | the throat |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent throat=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The disregarding of the condition entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:e4:o3:1
# text = The disregarding of the condition entirely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	disregarding	disregarding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The resting of the voice and the avoidance of forceful singing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows:e4:o4:1
# text = The resting of the voice and the avoidance of forceful singing
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	resting	resting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	forceful	forceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** |  |  | forceful singing |  |  |  |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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