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title: Your cousin says Taylor Swift "pocketed" all 2 billion dollars from… — Charts, number ones and famous musicia… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin says Taylor Swift "pocketed" all 2 billion dollars from the tour. What is wrong? Test 4 · ★★ 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; Mo
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record

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Your cousin says Taylor Swift "pocketed" all 2 billion dollars from the tour. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** cousin · **What happens:** say, pocket, be · **To what, where:** Taylor · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 6 «Charts, number ones and famous musicians as public record» of the arts course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin says Taylor Swift "pocketed" all 2 billion dollars from the tour.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t4:1
# text = Your cousin says Taylor Swift "pocketed" all 2 billion dollars from the tour.
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Taylor	Taylor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	Swift	Swift	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	pocketed	pocket	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
10	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	_
11	billion	billion	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tour	tour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pocket** *in a quote* | participle · passive |  | Taylor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t4:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Gross is the total before crews, venues and travel are paid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t4:o1:1
# text = Gross is the total before crews, venues and travel are paid
1	Gross	Gross	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	total	total	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	crews	crew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	venues	venue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Gross | the total |  |  | before crews and venues and travel |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | present · passive |  | the total *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The tour made no money at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t4:o2:1
# text = The tour made no money at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tour	tour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the tour | no money |  | all |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset money=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ticket money goes only to the fans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t4:o3:1
# text = Ticket money goes only to the fans
1	Ticket	ticket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fans	fan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Ticket money |  |  | the fans |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fan=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing, all of the money goes to the singer, every last dollar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:6-charts-number-ones-and-famous-musicians-as-public-record:t4:o4:1
# text = Nothing, all of the money goes to the singer, every last dollar
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	singer	singer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
13	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	dollar	dollar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | all |  |  | the singer |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to singer=Initial\_Location |

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