--- title: Identify the principal criterion upon which instruments are assigned… — Instrument families: strings, wind, br… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal criterion upon which instruments are assigned to families. Exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Arts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/) / [Instrument families: strings, wind, br…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/arts/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys Identify the principal criterion upon which instruments are assigned to families. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, assign · **To what, where:** principal criterion, instruments, families This is exam question 1 of lesson 9 «Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys» 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/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal criterion upon which instruments are assigned to families. 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 criterion criterion NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 7 instruments instrument NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 assigned assign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal criterion | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent criterion=Theme | | 2 | **assign** | present · passive | | instruments | | | | to families *goal*; upon the principal criterion | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to family=Goal | 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} The dimensions of the instrument ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:e1:o1:1 # text = The dimensions of the instrument 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dimensions dimension NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The nationality of its inventor ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:e1:o2:1 # text = The nationality of its inventor 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 nationality nationality NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 inventor inventor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The material of which the instrument is constructed ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:e1:o3:1 # text = The material of which the instrument is constructed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 constructed construct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **construct** | present · passive | | the instrument | | | | of the material | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The means by which the sound is produced ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:e1:o4:1 # text = The means by which the sound is produced 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 nsubj _ _ 2 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | The | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **produce** | present · passive | | the sound | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | **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. 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