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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attainment of first place in a weekly chart? Exam question 3 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 questio
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# Exam question 3 · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record

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

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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/arts/6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the attainment of first place in a weekly chart?
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	attainment	attainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	weekly	weekly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	chart	chart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 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 |

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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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It denotes a certification of quality by critics

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e3:o1:1
# text = It denotes a certification of quality by critics
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	certification	certification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	critics	critic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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It denotes that the composition is the best ever recorded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e3:o2:1
# text = It denotes that the composition is the best ever recorded
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	ccomp	_	_
9	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
10	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e3:o3:1
# text = It denotes the greatest popularity during that week, not superior quality
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	popularity	popularity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	during	during	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	superior	superior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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It denotes the personal approval of the performer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:e3:o4:1
# text = It denotes the personal approval of the performer
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	approval	approval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	performer	performer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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