Exam question 1 · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record

Identify the principal basis upon which the Billboard Hot 100 is compiled.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, compile · To what, where: principal basis, Billboard

This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» 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 basis	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 basis	amod
4	basis	basis	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 compiled	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Billboard	det
8	Billboard	billboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 compiled	nsubj:pass
9	Hot	Hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Billboard	appos
10	100	100	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 Hot	flat
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 compiled	aux:pass
12	compiled	compile	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 basis	acl:relcl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal basis					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent basis=Theme
2	compile	present · passive		the Billboard				upon the principal basis	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product

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

The personal preference of radio presenters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 preference	det
2	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 preference	amod
3	preference	preference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 presenters	case
5	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 presenters	compound
6	presenters	presenter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 preference	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prefer			radio presenters					nom preference «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The deliberation of a panel of expert judges

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 deliberation	det
2	deliberation	deliberation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 panel	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 panel	det
5	panel	panel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deliberation	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 judges	case
7	expert	expert	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 judges	compound
8	judges	judge	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 panel	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	deliberate			a panel of expert judges					nom deliberation «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The aggregation of sales, streams and radio plays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 aggregation	det
2	aggregation	aggregation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 sales	case
4	sales	sale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 aggregation	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 streams	punct
6	streams	stream	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sales	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 plays	cc
8	radio	radio	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plays	compound
9	plays	play	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sales	conj

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

Option 4

A ballot of the readers of a newspaper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ballot	det
2	ballot	ballot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 readers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 readers	det
5	readers	reader	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ballot	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 newspaper	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 newspaper	det
8	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 readers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ballot		the readers of a newspaper						nom ballot «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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