--- title: What would happen if a violinist forgot to put rosin on the bow? — Instrument families: strings, wind, br… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a violinist forgot to put rosin on the bow? Test 2 · ★★ 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 choice was right. --- [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/t2/) [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/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★ · Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys What would happen if a violinist forgot to put rosin on the bow? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** violinist · **What happens:** happen, forget, not put · **To what, where:** rosin, bow This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 9 «Instrument families: strings, wind, brass, percussion, keys» of the arts course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t2:1 # text = What would happen if a violinist forgot to put rosin on the bow? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 violinist violinist NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 rosin rosin NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **forget** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a violinist | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **put** | to-infinitive | a violinist *not said here* | rosin | | the bow | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent rosin=Theme on bow=Destination | 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 strings would snap at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t2:o1:1 # text = The strings would snap at once 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 snap snap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snap** | would | the strings | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The bow would slide and hardly make the string sound ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t2:o2:1 # text = The bow would slide and hardly make the string sound 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bow bow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 slide slide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 string string NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slide** | would | the bow | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | the bow *not said here* | the string sound | | | | hardly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing at all would change ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t2:o3:1 # text = Nothing at all would change 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 5 nsubj _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 nmod _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The violin would get much louder and brighter than before ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t2:o4:1 # text = The violin would get much louder and brighter than before 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 violin violin NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 much much ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 brighter bright ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 conj _ _ 9 than than ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 before before ADV RB _ 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | the violin | | | | | loud *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **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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