Exam question 1 · The songs on everyone's phone: streaming, playlists, earwo…

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the remuneration of musicians by streaming services?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, stream, remunerate · To what, where: remuneration, services, musicians

This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «The songs on everyone's phone: streaming, playlists, earworms» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 remuneration	det
10	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 musicians	case
12	musicians	musician	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 remuneration	nmod
13	by	by	SCONJ	_	14 streaming	mark
14	streaming	stream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 characterises	advcl
15	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 streaming	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	the remuneration of musicians	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	stream	gerund	services		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location service=Theme
4	remunerate		musicians		nom remuneration «possession transitive»: of=patient

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

A single payment made upon the first play only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 payment	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 payment	amod
3	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 payment	acl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 play	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 play	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 play	amod
8	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
9	only	only	ADV	_	4 made	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a single payment not said here				upon the first play	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A sum reported to be a fraction of a penny per play, apportioned among several parties

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sum	det
2	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sum	acl
4	to	to	PART	_	7 fraction	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 fraction	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fraction	det
7	fraction	fraction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reported	ccomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 penny	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 penny	det
10	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fraction	nmod
11	per	per	ADP	_	12 play	case
12	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 penny	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 apportioned	punct
14	apportioned	apportion	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sum	acl
15	among	among	ADP	_	17 parties	case
16	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 parties	amod
17	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 apportioned	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	report	participle	a sum not said here		vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	to-infinitive	a fraction	of a penny per play	tree rules
3	apportion	participle	a sum not said here		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A fixed sum of one pound per play, paid in full to the performer alone, without deductions

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sum	det
2	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sum	amod
3	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 paid	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 pound	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 pound	nummod
6	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sum	nmod
7	per	per	ADP	_	8 play	case
8	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pound	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 paid	punct
10	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 full	case
12	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 paid	obl
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 performer	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 performer	det
15	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 paid	obl
16	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 paid	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 deductions	punct
18	without	without	ADP	_	19 deductions	case
19	deductions	deduction	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 paid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fix	participle				vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	pay	participle · passive	a fixed sum of one pound per play	full	to the performer; alone property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
3	sum		one pound per play			nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

No remuneration whatsoever to any party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 remuneration	det
2	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	6 party	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 party	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 party	det
6	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remuneration	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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