Exam question 3 · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attainment of first place in a weekly chart?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris, attain · To what, where: attainment, first place

This is exam question 3 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	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 attainment	det
10	attainment	attainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 place	case
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 place	amod
13	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 attainment	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 chart	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 chart	det
16	weekly	weekly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 chart	amod
17	chart	chart	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 place	nmod
18	?	?	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 attainment of first place in a weekly chart	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	attain		first place in a weekly chart		nom attainment «act 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

It denotes a certification of quality by critics

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 certification	det
4	certification	certification	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 quality	case
6	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 certification	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 critics	case
8	critics	critic	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 denotes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	a certification of quality				by critics	vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot certification=Topic
2	certify			quality					nom certification «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It denotes that the composition is the best ever recorded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 best	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 composition	det
5	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 best	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 best	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 best	det
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 denotes	ccomp
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 recorded	advmod
10	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 denotes	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It			vn indicate-78 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
2	is	present	the composition		good property	tree rules
3	record	participle		ever		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It denotes the greatest popularity during that week, not superior quality

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 popularity	det
4	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 popularity	amod
5	popularity	popularity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
6	during	during	ADP	_	8 week	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 week	det
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 quality	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 superior	advmod
11	superior	superior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 quality	amod
12	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the greatest popularity			week		vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot popularity=Topic

Option 4

It denotes the personal approval of the performer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 denotes	nsubj
2	denotes	denote	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 approval	det
4	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 approval	amod
5	approval	approval	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 denotes	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 performer	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 performer	det
8	performer	performer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 approval	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	denote	present	It	the personal approval of the performer					vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot approval=Topic
2	approve			the performer					nom approval «act transitive»: of=patient

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