Exam question 3 · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the incorporation of a portion of an earlier recording into a new composition.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, incorporate · To what, where: response, incorporation, new composition, portion

This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «How a song is made: writing, recording, producing» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 incorporation	det
11	incorporation	incorporation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 portion	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 portion	det
14	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 incorporation	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 recording	case
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 recording	det
17	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	18 recording	amod
18	recording	recording	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 portion	nmod
19	into	into	ADP	_	22 composition	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 composition	det
21	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 composition	amod
22	composition	composition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the incorporation of a portion of a earlier recording	a new composition		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus incorporation=Experiencer
4	incorporate			a portion of a earlier recording			nom incorporation «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 requires no permission of any kind

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 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 permission	det
4	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 kind	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 kind	det
7	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 permission	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	It	no permission of any kind					vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme permission=Precondition
2	permit			any kind					nom permission «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It is unlawful in every circumstance whatsoever

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	3 unlawful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unlawful	cop
3	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 circumstance	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 circumstance	det
6	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 unlawful	obl
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	6 circumstance	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			every circumstance		unlawful property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is lawful and common when permission is obtained from the owners

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	3 lawful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lawful	cop
3	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 common	cc
5	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lawful	conj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 obtained	advmod
7	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 obtained	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 obtained	aux:pass
9	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lawful	advcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 owners	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 owners	det
12	owners	owner	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 obtained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			lawful property	tree rules
2	be						tree rules
3	obtain	present · passive		permission	the owners		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from owner=Source

Option 4

It is permitted only for recordings made before 1970

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	3 permitted	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permitted	aux:pass
3	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 recordings	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 recordings	case
6	recordings	recording	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permitted	obj
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 recordings	acl
8	before	before	ADP	_	9 1970	case
9	1970	1970	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present · passive		It					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme recording=Location
2	make	participle		recordings not said here			before 1970		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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