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

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

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/5-the-songs-on-everyones-phone-streaming-playlists-earworms/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:5-the-songs-on-everyones-phone-streaming-playlists-earworms:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the remuneration of musicians by streaming services?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	musicians	musician	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
13	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	streaming	stream	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
15	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A single payment made upon the first play only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:5-the-songs-on-everyones-phone-streaming-playlists-earworms:e1:o1:1
# text = A single payment made upon the first play only
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:5-the-songs-on-everyones-phone-streaming-playlists-earworms:e1:o2:1
# text = A sum reported to be a fraction of a penny per play, apportioned among several parties
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	reported	report	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fraction	fraction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	penny	penny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	per	per	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	apportioned	apportion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
15	among	among	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	parties	party	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fixed sum of one pound per play, paid in full to the performer alone, without deductions

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:5-the-songs-on-everyones-phone-streaming-playlists-earworms:e1:o3:1
# text = A fixed sum of one pound per play, paid in full to the performer alone, without deductions
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	per	per	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	performer	performer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	without	without	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	deductions	deduction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No remuneration whatsoever to any party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:5-the-songs-on-everyones-phone-streaming-playlists-earworms:e1:o4:1
# text = No remuneration whatsoever to any party
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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