Exam question 1 · Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work

Identify the principal reason for which a song streamed a billion times does not yield a billion dollars to its singer.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, song · What happens: identify, stream, not yield · To what, where: principal reason, song, billion dollars, singer

This is exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Art as a job: who makes art, money, fame and hard work» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 yield	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 song	det
8	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 yield	nsubj
9	streamed	stream	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 song	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 billion	det
11	billion	billion	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 times	nummod
12	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 streamed	obl:unmarked
13	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 yield	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 yield	advmod
15	yield	yield	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reason	parataxis
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 billion	det
17	billion	billion	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 dollars	nummod
18	dollars	dollar	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 yield	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 singer	case
20	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 singer	nmod:poss
21	singer	singer	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 yield	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	stream	participle		a song not said here	time		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not yield	present · do-support	a song	billion dollars		to song's singer goal; for the principal reason	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent dollar=Theme to singer=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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Singers receive payment solely for live performances and never for any recordings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Singers	singer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 receive	nsubj
2	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receive	obj
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	2 receive	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 performances	case
6	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 performances	amod
7	performances	performance	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 receive	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 recordings	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 recordings	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 recordings	case
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 recordings	det
12	recordings	recording	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 performances	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	present	Singers	payment				for live performances and any recordings; solely property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payment=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Each play yields a small fraction of a cent, divided among several parties

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 play	det
2	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yields	nsubj
3	yields	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fraction	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fraction	amod
6	fraction	fraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yields	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 cent	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cent	det
9	cent	cent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fraction	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 divided	punct
11	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fraction	acl
12	among	among	ADP	_	14 parties	case
13	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 parties	amod
14	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 divided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yield	present	each play	a small fraction of a cent					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent fraction=Theme
2	divide	participle		a small fraction of a cent not said here				among several parties	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Each play yields exactly one dollar, retained by the app

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 play	det
2	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yields	nsubj
3	yields	yield	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	5 one	advmod
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 dollar	nummod
6	dollar	dollar	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yields	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 retained	punct
8	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 dollar	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 app	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 app	det
11	app	app	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	yield	present	each play	one dollar					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent dollar=Theme
2	retain	participle		one dollar not said here				by the app	tree rules

Option 4

Streaming services are prohibited from paying singers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Streaming	streaming	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 services	compound
2	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prohibited	aux:pass
4	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 singers	case
6	paying	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 singers	amod
7	singers	singer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 prohibited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		Streaming services		paying singers			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from singer=Eventuality
2	pay	gerund							vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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