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title: Raj says seven writers on one song is "well extra" (over the top). W… — How a song is made: writing, recording… · tree and pragmatics
description: Raj says seven writers on one song is "well extra" (over the top). What is the truth? Test 6 · ★ 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 
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# Test 6 · ★ · How a song is made: writing, recording, producing

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Raj says seven writers on one song is "well extra" (over the top). What is the truth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Raj, seven writers, truth · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Raj says seven writers on one song is "well extra" (over the top).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t6:1
# text = Raj says seven writers on one song is "well extra" (over the top).
1	Raj	Raj	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	writers	writer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	well	well	INTJ	UH	_	11	discourse	_	_
11	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	over	over	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Raj |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | seven writers on one song |  |  |  |  | extra *property* | 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 the truth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t6:2
# text = What is the truth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One song can only have one real writer, so the rest are just helpers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t6:o1:1
# text = One song can only have one real writer, so the rest are just helpers
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	helpers	helper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | can | One song | one real writer |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent writer=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the rest | helpers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Team writing is normal, and everyone who helps gets credit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t6:o2:1
# text = Team writing is normal, and everyone who helps gets credit
1	Team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	nsubj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	credit	credit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Team writing |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get** | present | everyone | credit |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer credit=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Seven writers means the song is bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t6:o3:1
# text = Seven writers means the song is bad
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	writers	writer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Seven writers |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the song |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The other six are fake names

```conllu
# sent_id = question:arts:7-how-a-song-is-made-writing-recording-producing:t6:o4:1
# text = The other six are fake names
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	fake	fake	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	names	name	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | six fake names |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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