--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch an… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of all sound? Exam question 1 of lesson 54 «Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch and echoes» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/54-sound/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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch an…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/54-sound/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch and echoes Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of all sound? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** origin This is exam question 1 of lesson 54 «Sound — vibrations, loudness, pitch and echoes» of the world 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/world/54-sound/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:54-sound:e1:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the origin of all sound? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 origin origin NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the origin of all sound | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} All sound is produced by vibrations ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:54-sound:e1:o1:1 # text = All sound is produced by vibrations 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 vibrations vibration NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **produce** | present · passive | vibrations | all sound | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} All sound is produced by the reflection of light ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:54-sound:e1:o2:1 # text = All sound is produced by the reflection of light 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 reflection reflection NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **produce** | present · passive | the reflection of light | all sound | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} All sound is produced by the motion of the wind ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:54-sound:e1:o3:1 # text = All sound is produced by the motion of the wind 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **produce** | present · passive | the motion of the wind | all sound | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | | 2 | **motion** | | the wind | | | | | | nom motion «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} All sound is produced by the flow of electricity ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:54-sound:e1:o4:1 # text = All sound is produced by the flow of electricity 1 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 det _ _ 2 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 flow flow NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 electricity electricity NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **produce** | present · passive | the flow of electricity | all sound | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | | 2 | **flow** | | electricity | | | | | | nom flow «event intransitive»: of=agent | **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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