--- title: An orchestra puts the drums right at the front. What would most like… — Instrument families: strings, wind, br… · tree and pragmatics description: An orchestra puts the drums right at the front. What would most likely happen? 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What would most likely happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** orchestra · **What happens:** put, happen · **To what, where:** drums, front This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An orchestra puts the drums right at the front. ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t7:1 # text = An orchestra puts the drums right at the front. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 orchestra orchestra NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 right right ADV RB _ 3 xcomp _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | present | a orchestra | the drums | | the front | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent drum=Theme at front=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. *Sentence 2:* What would most likely happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t7:2 # text = What would most likely happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 likely likely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | likely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The drums would drown out the quieter strings ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t7:o1:1 # text = The drums would drown out the quieter strings 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 drown drown VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 quieter quiet ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 strings string NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drown out** | would | the drums | the quieter strings | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The concert would sound more balanced and exciting for everyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t7:o2:1 # text = The concert would sound more balanced and exciting for everyone 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 concert concert NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sound sound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 balanced balanced ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 exciting exciting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sound** | would | the concert | | | | | balanced *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nobody would hear the drums ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t7:o3:1 # text = Nobody would hear the drums 1 Nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 drums drum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | would | Nobody | the drums | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer drum=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} The strings would get louder ```conllu # sent_id = question:arts:9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys:t7:o4:1 # text = The strings would get louder 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 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 louder loud ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | would | the strings | | | | | 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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