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title: Identify the principal basis upon which the Billboard Hot 100 is com… — Charts, number ones and famous musicia… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal basis upon which the Billboard Hot 100 is compiled. Exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» of the arts course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice wa
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# Exam question 1 · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record

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

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal basis upon which the Billboard Hot 100 is compiled.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	basis	basis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Billboard	billboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	Hot	Hot	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	8	appos	_	_
10	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	flat	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	compiled	compile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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}

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The personal preference of radio presenters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e1:o1:1
# text = The personal preference of radio presenters
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	preference	preference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	presenters	presenter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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The deliberation of a panel of expert judges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e1:o2:1
# text = The deliberation of a panel of expert judges
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	deliberation	deliberation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	panel	panel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	expert	expert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

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The aggregation of sales, streams and radio plays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e1:o3:1
# text = The aggregation of sales, streams and radio plays
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	aggregation	aggregation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	sales	sale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	streams	stream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	radio	radio	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	plays	play	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A ballot of the readers of a newspaper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e1:o4:1
# text = A ballot of the readers of a newspaper
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ballot	ballot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	readers	reader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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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