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title: Tom says, "Any sample is stealing, full stop." Which is fair? — How a song is made: writing, recording… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tom says, "Any sample is stealing, full stop." Which is fair? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 7 «How a song is made: writing, recording, producing» 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 was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing

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Tom says, "Any sample is stealing, full stop." Which is fair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tom, sample · **What happens:** say, steal, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 7 «How a song is made: writing, recording, producing» 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/7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Tom says, "Any sample is stealing, full stop."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t3:1
# text = Tom says, "Any sample is stealing, full stop."
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	sample	sample	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Tom |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **steal** *in a quote* | present · progressive | any sample |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Which is fair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t3:2
# text = Which is fair?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fair	fair	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 |  |  |  |  |  | fair *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He's right, every sample is illegal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t3:o1:1
# text = He's right, every sample is illegal
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	sample	sample	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	illegal	illegal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | every sample |  |  |  |  | illegal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only old songs can be sampled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t3:o2:1
# text = Only old songs can be sampled
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	sampled	sample	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sample** | can · passive |  | old songs |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Samples are fine without asking anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t3:o3:1
# text = Samples are fine without asking anyone
1	Samples	sample	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Samples |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Samples *not said here* |  | anyone |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Sampling with permission is legal and common

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t3:o4:1
# text = Sampling with permission is legal and common
1	Sampling	sample	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sample** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with permission | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Sampling |  |  |  |  | legal *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Sampling *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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